It has automated case filing, courtroom hearings, issuance of legal summonses and court orders after years of reliance on the slow, inefficient manual systems.
So far, 80 courts have been equipped with video conferencing tools by the National Information Technology Authority of Uganda and others installed in Luzira and Kitalya prisons.
However, usage of video conferencing in prisons and courts has been restricted to bail hearings during the lockdown following suspension of court operations in March to avoid the spread of coronavirus among judicial officers, suspects and general public within court premises.
“We hope to install an electronic court case management system by yearend.
“We are considering interlinkages between the judiciary’s digital platforms and electronic databases maintained by the Police, Directorate of Public Prosecutions, the Attorney General’s Office, lands registry and National Identification and Registration Authority,” Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire of the Court of Appeal and head of the Judiciary’s Technology Committee said.
