After President Juma Habimana, president of the Lusiji High Court Chamber of Commerce, was recently fired for a failed service delivery, the new president was sworn on Tuesday, April 1 with an order to “restorate the image of the judicial system.”
Habimana was one of three court authorities who were rejected earlier this month by the Judicial High Council because he was unable to adapt to the new technology of the judicial system. Specifically, he issued awards in 391 unrecorded cases and was removed from his position that he did not submit them to the integrated electronic case management system (IECMS) within the required time frame.
Jean Baptist Bandra, who replaced him, previously served in places that included Karongi.
In her speech during the inauguration, Supreme Court Justice Domithila Mukantaghanzwa helped Bandra with the judiciary in restoring her reputation for the region’s Rwandan judicial system and rebuilding public trust.
On the same day, Eugene Russanganwa, who headed the High Court room at Gasbo, was assigned to lead the Karongi chamber.
Mukantagamva told the two judges that, together with the proposed solution, he must be the first judge to know the issues arising in their area of responsibility and informing the higher judicial authorities about them.
Judicial spokesman Harrison Mutabaji said the mission of the two newly appointed judges is to bring about timely and sound justice.
The Kigali-based High Court has five rooms in the Musanze, Nyanza, Lwamagana and Lusiji districts. The fifth chamber of commerce specializes in dealing with international crime.
