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ICT IN THE UGANDA JUDICIARY
A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE
AFRICANLII WORKSHOP
BY
JOSEPH SSINABULYA
PROGRAMMER- UGANDA JUDICIARY
1 Apr 19, 2023
PRESENTATION OUTLINEPRESENTATION OUTLINE
1. Introduction to ICT in the Judiciary
2. Functions of ICT in the Judiciary
3. Structure of the ICT Section
4. Management of ICT in the Judiciary
5. Judiciary ICT Service Catalogue
6. Judiciary ICT Infrastructure
7. Constraints and Challenges
8. ConclusionARUA HIGH COURT AND CM - WESTNILE (UGANDA) 2 Apr 19, 2023
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INTRODUCTION
i. Goal of application of ICT in Legal Profession• To Provide the legal profession, judicial fraternity with up to
date computerized technology that renders speedy justice with better legal outputs through a range of ICT services.
ii. ICT Service Catalogue – Is a database or structured document with information about all live ICT Services, including those available for deployment and is available to users so as to support the application of ICT in the delivery of Justice.
functions of ict in the judiciary
1. Alignment of ICT with the Judiciary business requirements
2. Delivery of the right ICT services to meet the Judiciary requirements;
3. Guiding Users on the effective utilization of ICT and awareness of the risks and responsibilities involved;
4. To ensure continued availability of ICT services with minimal disruption
5. Safeguarding information and ICT components
6. Co-ordination of ICT related procurement
7. Accountability & management of ICT resources
Our Ultimate goal is to have e-justice implemented in CoJ.
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structure of the judiciAry ict UNIT
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SENIOR ICT TRAINER (1)
PROPOSED ICT DEPARTMENT STAFFING STRUCTURE Tech. Implementation Committee
COMMISSIONER ICT (1)
ASS. COMMISSIONER ICT (1)
PRINCIPAL IM OFFICER (1)
PRINCIPAL IT OFFICER
PRINCIPAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER (1)
SIMO (1)
SITO
SENIOR COM. OFF (1)
INTRANET OFFICER
WEB
MASTER
HELP DESK
STASTICIAN (1)
IMO (1)
ICT TRAINING OFFICER
SENIOR IT MAINTENANCE
OFFICER (1)
ASS. ICT TRAINING OFFICERS
(REGIONAL 6)
ASS. IMO(REGIONAL 6)
ASS. HELP DESK
(REGIONAL 6)
ASS. STASTICIAN (1)
PROGRAMMER
SADAPPL & DATABASES
SAD SECURITY & DR
SADNETWORKS
SYSTEMSANALYST (1)
SADS (REGIONAL)
IT MAINT. OFFICER (1)
COMM. OFFICER (1)
DECS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
DRIVERS (1)
SECRETARY
OFFICE ASSISTANT
ASS. SADS (REGIONAL) (6)
DECS (6)
ASS. PROG (1)
ASS. SAD N/W (1)
ASS. SAD
SECURITY (1)
ASS. SYS.
ANALYSIS (1)
ASS. COMMOFFICER (1)
ASS.SAD APPL & DBs (1)
ASS.IT MAINT.OFFICER (1)
Management of ICT in the Judiciary
1. Strategic Management (Top level planning and
approvals of ICT implementations)
• ICT Technology Committee/ Law Reporting Committee: Overall
responsibility of developing, implementing and reviewing the ICT Strategy,
membership:-
Justices/Judges, Chief Registrar, Secretary to the Judiciary, All Registrars,
D/Regs , All Administrative Heads, C/M’s of major Magistrates Courts
• Secretary to the Judiciary: Top-level provision of approvals and funding for
all ICT.
• Registrar of Planning & Development: Top-Level planning and
coordination of the ICT Donor supported projects (DANIDA, JLOS, etc.).
2. Operational Mgt: Is by the PITO, SITO, Programmer and other SADs - 6 -
The Need for CASE INFORMATION
1. Efficient Management, Budgeting and Resource Allocation: Statistics aid management in planning, decision making and resource allocation.
2. An aid to Monitoring, Control and Evaluation: By providing information about performance and the extent of deviations from planned levels of performance.
3. Research and scholarly purposes: For the provision of a framework for research on operations of the Judiciary-ULII.
4. Judiciary Physical & Financial Performance;
5. Justification of performance for Donor Financing
6. Address Public Inquiries.
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Consumers of the Information
1. Court Stations which generate the information
First –line consumers planning for case disposal, justification of increase in operational
funds, performance monitoring, reporting to higher levels2. Regional Circuits
Second‐line consumers Planning for case disposal at a regional level, performance
monitoring of the stations, reporting to headquarters
3. Head Office (High Court – Kampala) and Data Center Third‐line consumers of the information For planning for case disposal at a national level, performance
monitoring of the stations, reporting to higher levels Central Repository of all Judiciary Information
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Consumers of the Information
6. Registry of Planning & Development Developing realistic plans
7. The Justice, law and order sector To justify funds releases and other resources.
8. Cabinet (through the Uganda bureau of Statistics)6. The eventual consumer of information is the Government
7. Judiciary information is a component of the entire Government statistics
9. The Public6. Judiciary is accountable to the public because it operates using tax
payers money.
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THE JUDICIARY ICT SERVICE CATALOGUE
(coverage)
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1. Court Case Administration System (CCAS)
Use:
CCAS Reports e.g:
• Case Statistics per Judicial Officer (completed, pending)
• Case maintenance information
• Etc
Use:
1. Generation of Quick Summary Statistics Reports
2. Compares with the CCAS
2. Summary Statistics System (SSS)
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3. Management Information System (MIS)
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4. Court Recording & Transcription System (DCRTS)
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5. Fixed Assets Management System (FAMS)
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6. Computer Inventory System (CIS)
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8. Service Desk (SD)
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18 Apr 19, 2023
THE UGANDA JUDICIARY WEBSITE
19 Apr 19, 2023
THE Judiciary Intranet
20 Apr 19, 2023
THE ULII for Research
Others
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1.Email System (Ms Exchange Server)
2.Intranet (MoSS),TMG & Internet service
3.Other Initiatives; ICT Strategy & Policy
4.Judiciary Training Mgt System
5.IFMS and IPPS
6.BCDR Strategy and Operational DR site
7. Future; Video Conferencing & CCTV
Current Major ICT Initiatives
1. Re‐engineering the Court Case Administration System (CCAS); to cater for enhanced requirements
2. Institution of an ICT Model Court/ Disaster Recovery Centre
3. Recruitment of more staff in the ICT Division
4. Joining the National Backbone infrastru/ E-Gov
5. Legal Assistance Kiosks; To assist litigants with information on court procedures & processes
6. Equipping Upcountry Courts with ICT Equip’t- 22 -
The Judiciary LAN/WAN Infrastructure
ARUA HIGH COURT AND CM - WESTNILE (UGANDA) 23 Apr 19, 2023
128K Leased Line128K Leased Line1m
b to
Inte
rnet
MTN Network
192.168.0.0/24
ISA 2004 FIREWALL
Mengo Court of Appeal
ServersPrinters
High Court Network Diagram
Database
Cisco 1760
Cisco 3700
Registry of Planning & Development (Danida)
128K Leased Line
Masaka
Jinja
128K Leased Line 128K Leased Line
Judicial Studies Institute (JSI)
128K Leased Line
- Registrar – Palnning and Development,- Senior Economist
- Registrar – Research and training
128K Leased Line
Crusader
256K Leased Line
CommercialCourt
128K Leased Line
128K Leased Line
Gulu
Lira
128K Leased Line
Arua
Proposed Link
Existing Link
XXX
XXX
512kbps
Supreme Court
512kbps
Anti Corruption Court
Constraints & Challenges
1. Lack to top Judicial Administration enthusiasm to embrace ICT
2. Untimely (Region Submission Status)/ wrong submission of statistical returns (Region Sample Data)
3. Reluctance in supervision/ usage of the Information Systems and/or updating of information in the computer systems
4. Resistance to Change towards the use of ICT in the Judiciary
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Constraints & Challenges (cont..)
5. Inadequate awareness of the benefits of ICT
6. Untimely reporting of ICT problems
7. Insufficient funding for the maintenance of computer systems and equipment
8. Insufficient Staffing ICT Technical, Dedicated Data Entry Clerks, Court Reporters and
Transcribers
9. Insufficient provision of facilitation for training [both for Technical staff & end Users]
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AFRICANLII (UGANDA) 26 Apr 19, 2023
DISCUSSION