Veteran judge calls for independent judiciary in South Sudan

The Chairperson for the Judicial Reform Committee, James Ogoola has called on the transitional government of national unity to establish a fully independent judiciary.
James ogoola, chairperson for Judicial Reform Committee (l) and Joyce Aluoch,the deputy chairperson(R)

By Simon Deng

The Chairperson for the Judicial Reform Committee, James Ogoola has called on the transitional government of national unity to establish a fully independent judiciary.

“We have been in war since time immemorial precisely because we could not resolve our dispute peacefully. Therefore, the transition means from now on we do not want to go back to war or to violence,” Ogoola said during a meeting with Mary Ayen Mijok the First Deputy Speaker for the Council of States at Pyramid Hotel in Juba on Friday.

Ogoola said that the only rational and logical solution is to have the judiciary well-staffed with enough trained manpower to prevent case backlogs.

Mary Ayen, the First Deputy Speaker for the Council of States said that efforts to establish an independent judiciary will raise trust and confidence in the public.

‘It is important to have effective, independent judiciary, we want to see the judicial system impartial and strong enough not to stand in grey areas, I feel there is need to harmonize laws,” Ayen said.

“In my personal view, I look at the  judiciary in itself as an oasis of hope to any nation not only to the Council of States, maybe it is only in paradise where things cannot fall apart ,things can go wrong if there is no place where things will be corrected,” she said.

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