By SALUM TAWANI-Judiciary, Dodoma
The Attorney General of
the United Republic of Tanzania, Mr. Hamza met senior officials from the Judiciary
of Ghana and Nigeria, who visited his Office for the purpose of leaning,
sharing and discussing various operations.
Mr Johari met the
delegation on June 2, 2025 in his office at Mtumba within Magufuri City at the
Capital City of Tanzania, Dodoma.
‘The delegation has come
here to learn, share and discuss various operations of the Office of Attorney
General, for example the way the Office cooperate with the Judiciary of
Tanzania to use the same platform (Tanzania Legal Information
Institute-TanzLII) to post various laws, regulations and Rules so that the
citizens could in a position to access easily and to be updated from time to
time.
‘’Only collaboration
among African Countries could be a key success to a free access to legal information
to our citizens. There are various groups in the field of law need to be
updated each and every time in various issues in the field of law, like Judges,
Lawyers, Students, Policy Makers, Researchers. Without cooperation, access to
legal information it is going to be a dream,’’ has stated the Attorney General.
The Attorney General
added that, the Office appreciate all the initiatives done by the GIZ
Coordinator, Mr. Brahim Muhamet to fund the project of scanning Laws, Regulations
and Rules in his office, this is something huge and promised once the project
is done, the Office will proceed to manage and add more fund to the area so
that to meet the vision and mission of the Institution.
He thanked the Director
of AfricanLII, Ms. Maria Badeva for her tremendous efforts and his Office
appreciates to coordinate with the Judiciary of Tanzania and other African
Countries for the purpose of enhancing free access to legal information
Speaking during the occasion,
Justice of Appeal and Member of the E-Judgment Committee from Ghana, Hon.
Jenniffer Abena Dadzie, thanked the Chief Justice of Ghana to give them
permission to come Tanzania and learn Tanzania Legal Information Institute
(TanzLII) how it works.
‘We would be very happy
to get knowledge from this system, thereafter knowledge acquired we will be
used to implement to Ghana Legal Information Institute (GhaLII) for the purpose
of attaining sustainability in accessing legal information.
‘’We were advised to come
here and learn all about TanzLII, because those who are managing this system are
doing very well in terms of access to legal information and we are very sure
they can have a lot of knowledge to share with us, hence the knowledge acquired
could be a stepping stone to the success of free access of Legal Information at
Ghana’’, said Justice Dadzie.
On her part, the Director
of African Legal Information Institute (AfricanLII), Ms. Maria Badeva stated
that, collaboration is a catalyst towards to a free access to legal information
around the world.
She explained that through
collaboration, legal research could be easily be done because there could be a specific
platform enriched with legal materials from different jurisdiction and hence
researchers could see the opinions from different jurisdictions and hence, they
can be in a position to come up with very good research.
‘’We thank you the Attorney
General of the United Republic of Tanzania Hamza Johari for accepting our
invitation to discuss and share various issue in the field of Law in your
office with the Delegation from Ghana and Nigeria, this shows that through collaboration
nothing can be wrong’’, Maria Badeva stated.
Delegation from Ghana and
Nigeria listening carefully to the Attorney General of the United Republic of
Tanzania, Hon. Hamza Johari during the meeting held in his office at Mtumba at
Dodoma City.
Edited by FAUSTINE KAPAMA-Judiciary, Dar es Salaam
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