Tanzania unveils 2 mobile courts worth Sh470 million

Tanzania gets two new mobile courts on February 6! The country's President John Magufuli has unveiled mobile courts worth over Sh470 million that will operate in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza regions.

Financed by World Bank, the mobile courts were launched in Dar es Salaam at the Julius Nyerere International Conference Centre during the climax of the Law Day, 2019. The Law Day marks the beginning of this year's judiciary activities whose central theme is: "Timely delivery of justice: the judiciary and stakeholders' responsibility," as reported by All Africa.

The new mobile courts will be utilized to receive and preside over several cases at the primary level, noting that 177,614 cases were filed at primary courts all over the country last year. The number was equivalent to 68 per cent. Even the mobile courts will also be used in operations against illegal fishing and delivering education to the public.

"The court that is equipped with modern equipment will start operations in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza, which have many cases due to rapid economic development and an inadequate number of primary courts," Eva Nkya, director of cases management at the Judiciary said. According to her, Dar es Salaam and Mwanza have been chosen due to the population, augmented economic activities and the inadequate number of primary courts in the regions.