DATA CENTER

Chief Justice  Maraga  who is the president of supreme court of Kenya  revealed that the judiciary is in the process of building a data center. He indicated that he  would be glad to partner with the University of Nairobi's ICT expertise in implementing the project.He said this during a courtesy call to the University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor Prof Stephene Kiama .

The CJ revealed that the Judiciary is interested in building a data center, but have the option to lease in the short term. He noticed  that COVID-19 has offered the Judiciary a chance to serve justice through the use of technology and more cases have  been processed since March. “More than 500 electronic files have been done in the last 60 days,” he said. He also said that going forward, expert witnesses like ballistic experts, government chemists and pathologists will be giving their evidences online and may not come to Court as has been the case.

The Vice Chancellor of UoN prof Kiama  offered to support the Judiciary  to get a data center. He revealed  that the University has been at the forefront in living according to its core values of innovativeness and care and in that regard, the University is more than willing to support the Judiciary with technical expertise, having been a pioneer in the cloud storage sector