TANGAZO
11th June 2015
The government will start collecting court fees through electronic payments so as to get rid of inconveniences facing members of the public.
The Deputy Minister for Finance Adam Malima told the National Assembly here yesterday that current procedures of channeling the payment through the National Microfinance Bank (NMB) was inconvenient to many people.
Malima was responding to a question by Special Seats MP Sabreena Sungura on behalf of the Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs.
The MP had wanted to know what the government was doing on the inconvenience, especially to rural dwellers that have no banks nearby.
“Due to the fact that court payments through the bank became a big challenge to the people, the government is now evaluating the process of introducing electronic payments, Malima told the National Assembly.
He said the government had introduced the bank payment system to reduce complaints such as corruption and control loss of money.
The Deputy Minister said the High Court continues to monitor the challenges emerging from the present system and would come up with proposals to improve it.
Sungura had suggested that courts use the old system of payment because members of the public lose a lot of time to pay 1500/- only at the bank while they can pay it direct to courts.
Responding, Malima said the aim is to expand the procedure of making payments electronically which can be done anywhere.
A new procedure of court payments started last April requiring people to pay sh1500 through the NMB as court fees.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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