Advocate pushes Judiciary to end geo-blocking on court e-filing system
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 10 - A Nairobi-based lawyer has petitioned Chief Justice Martha Koome to remove geo-restrictions on the Judiciary’s e-filing and Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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A Nairobi-based advocate, Francis Wanjiku, has petitioned Chief Justice Martha Koome to remove geo-restrictions on the Judiciary’s e-filing and cause-list portals. He argues that the current system disadvantages millions of Kenyans living or traveling abroad and contradicts constitutional guarantees of equality and access to justice.
- Over three million Kenyans in the diaspora are estimated to be affected by the geo-blocking.
- The petition was sent to Chief Justice Martha Koome.
- The e-filing system, rolled out nationwide after its 2020 debut in Nairobi, was intended to streamline case-filing and allow remote tracking.
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