The Judiciary is one of the three arms of Government. The other two branches are the Executive and Legislature.
The Branches of Government
The Executive
(President, Vice President, Government ministers and departments)
- Makes policy
- Implements laws.
Judiciary (Courts)
(Chief Justice, Judges, Magistrates)
- Interprets, protects and enforces the Constitution and all law.
Legislature
(Speaker, Members of Parliament)
- Examines, debates and votes on proposed laws
- Approves and makes laws
- Approves budget.
Role of the Judiciary
The Judiciary has authority over all issues of legal nature as such it has powers to:
- Review any law and any action or decision of the Government for conformity with the Constitution
- To hear and determine civil cases between individuals and other individuals or groups of persons or Institutions i.e. labour disputes, land matters, divorce
- To hear and determine civil cases between individuals or group of persons and the State e.g. unfair dismissal, unlawful imprisonment
- To hear and determine criminal cases e.g. theft, defilement, murder.
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