JUDICIAL OFFICERS IN BURUNDI GET TRAINING ON EAC INTEGRATION

Judicial officers in Burundi are this week getting trained on the role of the Judiciary in the EAC integration process.

The 11-13 March training at Sun Safari Club in Bujumbura, Burundi, aims to develop and increase knowledge of judicial officers from Partner States on the role of the Judiciary in EAC integration processes and effectively build their participatory capacity therein.

Addressing the judicial officers at the training Ambassador Jean Rigi, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of East African Community Affairs in Burundi said development of the Judiciary is the basis of a socio-economic development of any society.

 

“No country can pretend to achieve sustainable development if it does not have a fair judicial system,” Amb Rigi asserted.

He said the training would be a tool that would offer an opportunity for all the stakeholders to play an active role in the promotion of the Judiciary and its vital role in the EAC integration on one hand; and to participate in the development of the East African Community, on the other.

On his part the Counsel to the Community Hon. Wilbert Kaahwa said the training provides a perfect opportunity to understand the stages of EAC integration, the current status and the role of the East African Court of Justice and the national judiciaries in the integration processes.

 

The EAC official urged the judicial officers to use the forum to devise innovations that would promote efficiency and effectiveness in the judicial systems of the Partner States.