CJ Koome: AI Now Handles Most Court Transcriptions With 80% Accuracy
When Chief Justice Martha Koome recently revealed the Judiciary’s plans to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into court operations, the focus was on the..
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Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome revealed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already being used for court transcriptions, achieving an impressive 80% accuracy rate. This marks a significant improvement from an initial accuracy of just 30% due to adapting to Kenyan accents and intonations.
- Current AI transcription accuracy: 80%
- Initial AI transcription accuracy: 30%
- Key person: Chief Justice Martha Koome
- Key organization: The Judiciary
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Kenyan Judiciary Adopts AI for Transcriptions as Google Enhances Gemini - August 2025
Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome announced on Monday, August 11, that the Judiciary is developing an Artificial Intelligence Adoption Policy Framework to integrate AI into its operations. The policy aims to enhance efficiency while safeguarding judicial independence and data privacy. The Chief Justice also revealed that AI is already being used for court transcriptions, achieving an 80% accuracy rate after improving from an initial 30% by adapting to Kenyan accents and intonations. In a separate technology development, Google’s Gemini app introduced a new “Personal context” feature that allows it to remember past conversations. This update gives the AI a "memory" of user preferences to provide more personalized responses.
