On Thursday, 465 lawyers became the first set of legal practitioners to get Electronic Practicing Certificates.
In a ceremony presided over by CJ Martha Koome, the group of lawyers was admitted to the bar as High Court advocates.
This comes as the judiciary strives to go paperless.
In her remarks, Koome stated that the judiciary is celebrating a major milestone in the ongoing automation project.
“Over the past five years, we have deployed various technology solutions in the dispensation of justice,” she said.”The Judiciary’s Advocates’ Section is going paperless to ensure efficient delivery of services to lawyers, using the Judiciary Advocates Management System (JAMS),” she said.
JAMS, according to Koome, assists the Judiciary in carrying out tasks conferred by the Advocates Act, the Notaries Public Act, and the Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act.
