Thu, 22 Feb 2018 10:22:29 +0000 By LINDA SOKO TEMBO GOVERNMENT should consider stationing resident judges in all 10 provinces of Zambia to reduce backlog of cases, the Prisons Care and counselling Association (PRISCCA) has said. PRISCCA executive director Godfrey Malembeka said the association had been lobbying government to decentralise the position of judges in the country. Dr Malembeka said out of 10 provinces, only four had resident judges namely, Lusaka Copperbelt, Central and Southern provinces. He said having only four out of 10 provinces with resident judges was not effective because it was contributing to the backlog of cases. He said it was also a cost to government who funded the circuit trips to enable them attend to cases in other places when money was made available. “Judges are only sent in the 6 provinces when government has enough resources if they do not have enough resources, they do not go. Looking at the […]
