The judiciary has been the bane of banks, taking forever to get things cleared. You can apply for a case against a debtor today and be told the next hearing date available is in 2008.

Something is very wrong when a case can’t be heard for almost ten months. There’s enough blame to go round – complex cases heard using archaic processes, too few judges, judges who take too long to clear cases, lazy/crafty lawyers who seek a postponement for any reason to keep cases going on forever etc.

The Chief Justice tried to give a helping hand in his gazette notice to stop one delaying avenue where matters relating to a case are presented in different courtrooms around the country. The most visible case has been the ongoing Charterhouse Bank saga which has been in courthouses in Nairobi, Malindi and Eldoret leading to conflicting legal positions.

jobs

from the daily papers last week
– Accountant at Bakri international (oil company). Apply to bakri@accesskenya.co.ke by 25/3
– Senior associate at Creative Associates International. Apply to recruitment@caii.com by 23/3
Ernst & Young: tax trainees and an accountant. Apply to Eyrecruitment@ke.ey.com by 30/3
– Huawei: transmission engineer, wireless engineer, and intelligent network engineer. Apply to kenya@huawei.com by 30/3
– Communications specialist at ILRI. Apply to recruit-ilri@cgiar.org b 30/3
– Property manager at international house limited. Apply to jobs@ihlkenya.com by 26/3
– KPMG: audit manager (AM-07), senior internal auditor & internal auditors (IAS-07), tax manager (TM-07) and tax consultants (TC-07). Apply to esd@kpmg.co.ke by 30/3
– Cluster manager at millennium villages. Millennium Promise is a partnership of the Earth Institute (Columbia University) and the World Agroforestry center. Apply to j.morabu@cgiar.org by 30/3
– National Oil Corp of Kenya: depot accountants (Nakuru & Eldoret), and a credit controller. Apply to hr@nockenya.co.ke by 29/3
– National coordinator – African peer review mechanism at NEPAD Kenya secretariat. Apply to jobs.ke@undp.org by 23/3
– Business development manager at Savings & Loan (KCB subsidiary).
– Financial management specialist at the World Bank. Kenya. Details and apply online by 30/3. Also, financial management consultants (6 months and 12 months) – D/L is 11/4
– World Vision: ICT manager at world vision, Manager – KUTER initiative, and (RMB/IMCI) program officer. Apply to recruit_kenya@wvi.org by 30/3