BY SAM ALFAN.
The Judiciary has denied claims that there is a plan to demote hundreds of employees in a restructuring plan.
In a statement to newsrooms, Judiciary said a report appearing in one of the dailies is alarming and meant to cause disharmony in the institution.
While acknowledging of a restructuring plan, the Judiciary said it engaged a consultant to undertake a review of the institution’s organisation structure, an exercise which was completed and report approved in November 2018.
The aim of the restructuring process was to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the Judiciary and make it more responsive towards the delivery of justice in the new constitutional dispensation.
“The Judiciary wishes to state that its employees form an integral part of its resources and have always remained at the epicenter of its transformation agenda. In that regard, The Judicial Service Commission, while approving the Consultants’ report ensured that no employee would be declared redundant, or adversely affected especially taking into account the hard economic times,” says the Judiciary.
The statement added that the implementation of the report is being undertaken with a humane approach and no employee has been declared redundant as a result.
Judiciary further adds that implementation has considered the existing human capacity in terms of competence, skills and qualifications and the market best practice, and aligned them accordingly in a manner that will enable the staff become more productive.
“The implementation of the new structure is a continuous process that involves stakeholder engagement and inclusivity. The Judiciary will therefore continue monitoring the effects of its implementation and take corrective actions where appropriate, as it endeavours to accommodate existing capacity,” the statement added.
According to the judiciary,various interventions which the Judicial Service Commission approved to accommodate the existing human resource capacity.
The process include re-designations and appointment of staff in grades with matching qualifications and experience, allowing staff to hold position personal to self, where they do not qualify for re-designation but have a few years to retire and offering staff fresh engagements especially where they do not qualify for re-designation and have significant years before retirement, but have qualifications for other jobs in the institution other than what they do.
