Deputy Minister for Justice Alfridah Kansembe Mwamba has expressed great concern at the dilapidated court buildings and lack of accommodation for court officers at Munkonge Local court in Kasama district.
Speaking during the on spot check to court buildings and staff houses at Munkonge Local Court in Kasama over the weekend, Mrs. Mwamba said the court building is in a deplorable condition needing urgent attention.
She said the building where court sessions are conducted has serious cracks and the wall can collapse any time strong winds and heavy rains occur.
Mrs. Mwamba who is also Lukashya Member of Parliament (MP) pointed out that the lives of court officers, clients and people who attend court sessions are in danger needing to be safe guarded.
She added that if fair justice has to be administered, the court building at Munkonge has to be looked into without delay.
The Deputy Minister said she was in Northern Province to assess court structures and said the PF Government has attached keen interest to improve the situation so that court matters are administered in the expected manner.
Mrs. Mwamba also said the Government is concerned about its public workers and wishes to address problems they are faced with.
Meanwhile, Munkonge Local Court Clerk Bright Kaluba commended the Justice deputy Minister for paying a visit to the court so that Government gets aware of problems judicial workers are facing.
Mr. Kaluba disclosed that the court has no safe where to keep Government revenue and feared that funds could be stolen and his life is also in
danger.
He also revealed that the Local court has only one staff house for the Local Magistrate while other officers swat in other Government houses.
Mr. Kaluba also said the local court has only one toilet.He added that water is another problem as they collect water some 2 kilometers away which causes a big burden on court officers at the court.
The Deputy Minister was accompanied by Northern Provincial Local Court Officer Mrs. Musonda Munyenyembe and Northern Provincial Administrative
officer Vincent Phiri.
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Iye mwe bantu? Is this a court?
Ba Deputy Minister niba FBI ka? Wonani the difference between the face and the hands:d
iciliba….a trap…..if they give you a sentence that is so unfair…just push the wall and it will fall on the judge and you will be free….if asked:just say…natural disaster…
#3 you just made my day, cracked my ribs, ati just push the wall and it falls on the judge!! Lol
Really Zambia is a failed state, we cannot build new infrastructure let alone maintain that which was left by our colonial masters,Britain. The scenario is the same throughout the country. We cannot build and maintain roads, schools, civil servants houses, office buildings, airports, bus stations, rail lines etc you name it. I really feel ashamed sometimes being a Zambian/African. No wonder people laugh and look down on us out here.Not only the white people  but even the  Chinese and Indian people look down on us. We really need to have a sustainable development plan and improve lives of people.Our population is only 15 million or there about. Countries with populations in billions and hundreds of millions are more well than us. Really puzzles me!
How do you expect the local court justice not to be corrupt if he/she lives in such a sad condition?
In that court building, anyone could be sentenced to death including the judge himself!
There is absolutely nothing that we have done in all our towns in our country apart from failing to maintain structures that were left by the colonial masters! Life expetancy of buildings, say 50years, and surely, this is the end…
But thet judge who lives in that house am sure can fix that house, why waiting evrythng for the gvmnt when his the one who will be homeless when that house collapses?
He can keep receipts of any rehab works he does & claim later from the gvmnt, dull judge!!!