03 November 2022

• In 2021 1,800 children's cases were solved during the Children's service week.

• CJ Koome e said the backlog of children's cases should be put first.

Chief Justice Martha Koome has launched the Children's Service Week at the Supreme Court.

The Children's Service Week was commissioned by the National Council on Administrative Justice last year.

This was on the orders of CJ Koome who is also the council's chairperson.

The week is dedicated to solving children's cases in the Judicial system countrywide.

Koome has said she is particularly passionate about children's rights because they are among the most vulnerable persons in the country.

"You can hold me personally accountable for anything that happens to children in the Judicial system because I have instructed courts to prioritize children's cases," she said on Thursday.

During this week, she said, courts across all jurisdictions are mandated to look into all the pending cases of children in contact or conflict with the law for the past six months.

She said the backlog of children's cases should be put first.

"Last year during the service week, we managed to solve 1,800 children's cases and help them to be where they are meant to be, at home, not in the system," Koome said.