Remarks during the opening of the 2024 African Judges and Jurists Summit
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Honourable Retired Chief Justices, Honourable Judges and Judicial Officers Present, Senior Counsel and Advocates Present, Distinguished Guests
I am delighted to join you for this Summit that brings together distinguished Judges and Jurists from across our vast and diverse continent. We in Kenya hold firm to the belief that “no African is a foreigner in Africa”, therefore I warmly welcome you to Nairobi and urge you to feel at home. I commend the African Judges and Jurists Forum (AJJF) for convening this Summit, providing us an invaluable platform to reflect, deliberate, and exchange views on matters of good governance, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in our continent. This is a timely opportunity for us to come together to reflect on the role of Judiciaries in the quest to build a better and more just Africa as aspired to under Agenda 2063. The focus of this Summit, which is on — ‘The Role of Judiciaries in Implementing Aspiration 3 of the U Agenda 2063: Good Governance, Democracy, Respect for Human Rights, Justice, and the Rule of Law’ —speaks directly to the core of our responsibilities as custodians of justice. It calls upon us to reflect not just on the noble ideals of democracy, governance, and human rights but also on our unique role in realising these ideals through effective judicial intervention...Read more
