In order to expedite land disputes, the judiciary divided the Environment and Land Court (ELC) into two parts.
The Environment and Planning Division will deal with environmental problems, and the Land Division will only deal with land-related issues.
The Judiciary said on Monday that in order to settle the argument over conflicting court rulings, two magistrates will be appointed to each court.
Chief Justice Martha Koome stated that over the previous ten years, ELC had decided hundreds of challenging cases all around the nation.
According to Koome, the separation would significantly shorten the time necessary to decide cases.
“The Environment and Land Court has been the busiest, hence the need to split it as we appoint two magistrates at the lower courts to deal with land matters,” she added. “The Environment and Land Court has been the busiest.”
