ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Judicial Service Act
3. Object and purpose of Act
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
3. Object and purpose of Act
The object and purpose of this Act is to, among other things, ensure that the Commission and the Judiciary shall—(a)be the organs of management of judicial services and, in that behalf, shall uphold, sustain and facilitate a Judiciary that is independent, impartial and subject only to the provisions of the Constitution and the law;(b)facilitate the conduct of a judicial process designed to render justice to all;(c)be accountable to the people of Kenya;(d)facilitate a judicial process that is committed to the expeditious determination of disputes;(e)facilitate a judicial process that is committed to the just resolution of disputes;(f)support and sustain a judicial process that is committed to the protection of the people and of their human rights;(g)promote and sustain fair procedures in its functioning and in the operations of the judicial process, and in particular, be guided in all cases in which it has the responsibility of taking a decision affecting a judicial officer of any rank or its own employee, by the rules of natural justice;(h)be the administrative manifestation of the Judiciary’s autonomy and inherent power to protect and regulate its own process, achieving these objects through application of principles set out in the Constitution and other laws;(i)facilitate accessibility of judicial services to all Kenyans;(j)facilitate the promotion of gender equity in the Judiciary and the protection of vulnerable children in the administration of justice;(k)be guided in their internal affairs, and in the discharge of their mandates by considerations of social and gender equity and the need to remove any historical factors of discrimination; and(l)apply modern technology in their operations.