CHIEF Justice Mumba Malila says the Judiciary’s Policy Committee agrees that some selected court proceedings should be broadcast live, adding that they are currently at the stage of crafting guidelines. In October 2022, Justice Malila said the Judiciary was considering allowing the broadcast of public interest court cases live during deliberations. He added that this matter was to be reviewed during a Judiciary Policy Committee meeting. Speaking during a media interaction, Thursday, Justice Malila revealed that the proposal was approved when the committee met in March this year. “I had made an undertaking two or three years ago, undertaking that this is an issue I would personally follow through. It’s part of the open justice concept, but not only that,...

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