Bungoma<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Tony\nWafula<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bungoma branch law society of Kenya has\nurged the National Council on Administration of justice to find an urgent\nsolution to lawyers and courts to resume to usual hearings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
George Murunga Bungoma chapter LSK\nchair says that lawyers are finding it hard to hear the clients pleas because\naccording to government\u2019s directives all hearing are done online adding that\nthe clients they serve mostly are substantial farmers and cannot access to\nonline services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018\u2019Most of our clients are from the\ninterior whereby accessing to online is a problem\u2019\u2019 he said, urging the\nMinistry of health to do court inspections and allow them continue with court\nhearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that since the lockdown of all\npublic gatherings including courts many lawyers are not getting cash to sustain\ntheir daily operations and even paying their employees, adding that some law\nfirms has been rented and rent to be paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, he said that the ministry of\nhealth should t intervene and do inspections in all courts and even supply some\nprotective equipments so that courts can host proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018\u2019Our court rooms are big enough to\naccommodate five to six people provided the court gives out the correct time\nwhen the claimant or the accused to appear before the court.\u2019\u2019 He said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Murunga said the pleas are being done\nin an electric manner which seems to be challenging to some clients, calling on\nNational council on administration should do a faster intervention in solving\nthis issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said reaching on clients is very had\nbecause sometimes getting what\u2019s up numbers and their emails is challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018\u2019Many of our clients are not accessed\nto online services which is bringing difficulties on understanding of\ninformation.\u2019\u2019 He said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He however, said that online hearing is\nso bad and many law firms fears that their firms will be closed down by the end\nof this month if the pandemic persists over lack of cash to sustain operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018\u2019We are not receiving many clients as\nwe could have been in court for this time, this pandemic should end, it has\nreally paralyzed our operations.\u2019\u2019 He lamented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bungoma By Tony Wafula Bungoma branch law society of Kenya has urged the National Council on Administration of justice to find an urgent solution to lawyers and courts to resume to usual hearings. George Murunga Bungoma chapter LSK chair says that lawyers are finding it hard to hear the clients pleas because according to government\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"\n