AS operations of the High Court’s Economic, Corruption and Organised Crime Division are set to take off soon, the contractor for the court’s building will hand it over to the Judiciary on Monday, Chief Justice Mohamed Othman Chande said yesterday.
The Law School is near the TCRA offices.
Speaking at Karimjee Grounds shortly after admitting 623 new advocates of the High Court, the head of the judiciary said that already the National Assembly has passed the bill establishing the special court dealing with economic crime and corruption cases in the country.
“Thereafter, the bill will be presented before the President of the United Republic of Tanzania for assent in order to become a law. The law will be gazette and other process will follow to enable operations of the court to take off,” he said.
According to the Chief Justice, the Judiciary is ready to accommodate the special court and after the handing over of the building from the contractor they would start conducting seminars for judges and other judiciary officers on how the court would be operating.
He disclosed, however, that at the moment no case has been earmarked that would be dealt with by the special court. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa announced before the National Assembly on Thursday that there would be no delay of disposal of cases that would be handled before the court.
Meanwhile, the Chief Justice has directed the new admitted advocates to adhere to their professional ethics and be accountable both to the court and to their clients. He discouraged any forms of cheating, as those found to have been involved would be dealt with accordingly. The admission of the advocates makes a total of 5800 in Tanzania.
The new advocates come from different institutions, both from government cycles and private sector and other district municipal councils all over the country.
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