Justice Monica Mbalu, Justice Agnes Nzei and Justice Olga Sewe cut a cake to celebrate 10 years since the establishment of the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Mombasa on Thursday, July 6, 2023. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]
The uptake of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services is yet to pick up 10 years after its rollout.
Judges and magistrates, at a meeting in Mombasa on Thursday, said the failure to take up ADR, particularly meditation, among other means of resolving civil cases, has massively contributed to a backlog of cases in the courts.