“Mediation Settlement Week is one of many avenues the Judiciary will employ to publicise the mediation process and change the perception that litigation is the only effective means of resolving disputes,” he said. Dispute resolutionCommercial rows account for Sh14.7 billion while the family division is handling suits with Sh2.3 billion at stake. We usually register full and partial agreement as well as failed mediation where a report is sent back to court in a record 60 days,” he said. These timelines cannot be compared to the court process which is long, tedious and often acrimonious,” he says. The planed national rollout also involves private law practitioners, mediators drawn from various training backgrounds as well as courts.

Source: Daily Nation December 18, 2017 21:22 UTC