By MKT Correspondents
The Office of Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) led by Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Mr. Solomon Naulikha and Senior Prosecution Counsel Ms. Scolastica Nyika yesterday joined the Nyeri Court of Appeal judges led by Lady Justice Wanjiru Karanja on a visit to Embu Maximum Prison to engage inmates with matters before the Court of Appeal.
The inmates who were drawn from Embu Maximum and Women Prison presented their memoranda to the judges for response. The memorandum addressed issues such as resentencing, appeal delays, lawyers assigned to appellants failing to interact with their clients, and missing files.
Earlier, the ODPP led by Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Solomon Naulikha from Nyeri and Senior Prosecution Counsel Ms. Scolastica Nyika from Embu took part in a bar bench meeting with the Court of Appeal Judges held at Embu Law Court.
Ms. Nyika who represented the Lower Eastern Regional Coordinator Mr. Daniel Karuri at this event, presented a memorandum on judicial matters to the judges.
ODPP brought to the bench’s attention a number of service delivery challenges related to the operation of the Appeal Court.
ODPP further highlighted concerns about cases filed at the Court of Appeal taking long to be issued with mention and hearing dates.
Mr. Naulikha and Ms. Nyika urged the Court of Appeal Judges to consider rotational sittings at Embu and the proposed gazettement of the station as a Court of Appeal station.
The ODPP also recommended that the cause list includes the High Court station from where the appeal originated from to aid in the tracking of appeals filed or finalized.
ODPP also pointed out the challenges the appellants face in receiving communication from the court regarding withdrawals of their appeals filed, hence hampering access to justice.
John Kamau