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Online court sessions can help boost legal literacy for Kenyans

Magistrate Simatwo Gillian presides over a virtual hearing on June 16, 2022. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Without any doubt, the successful digitisation of legal courts is one arena where Kenya stands head and shoulders above many other countries.

And now, upon the Chief Justice's personal insistence, virtual hearings are quickly becoming the rule rather than the exception. What began as a survival tactic during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 has turned out to be a truly momentous accomplishment of the Judiciary.

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