The East African Court of Justice will September 7, launch a sub-registry in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The opening of the Dar es Salaam EACJ Sub-registry follows a decision of the Council of Ministers that the Court opens sub-registries in all Partner States.
The commissioning of the sub-registry, the second in the region, follows the Kigali one which was launched on 10 August. It will be followed by similar launches in Kampala, Nairobi and Bujumbura.
With the opening of these sub-registries, litigants will no longer be required to travel to Arusha to file their claims.
Instead, claims will be filed at an EACJ local sub-registry, which will handle the necessary transmission and communication details.
“The opening of the Dar es Salaam Sub-registry makes the Court’s services more easily accessible and affordable to the vast majority of Tanzania residents,” says the EACJ Judge President Hon. Justice Harold Nsekela.
He adds that the Sub-registry has been equipped to start operations, with a full-time Court clerk recruited to operate it, and further notes that the Court will work closely with Tanzania’s Ministry of East African Cooperation to raise public awareness.
The EACJ sub-registry in Tanzania will be based at the Court of Appeal premises in Dar es Salaam.
The President called upon all stakeholders including the Tanzanian legal fraternity including Bar associations, the business community, academic institutions and other interested persons to make use of the EACJ sub-registry in Dar es Salaam.
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