The ICT Master Plan 2018-2022: Enabling Justice Through ICT

Abstract

This ICT Master Plan 2018– 2022 has been developed through consultations with multiple stakeholders and involved the review of previous ICT strategic draft plans developed in the Judiciary, review of the Judiciary Transformation Framework (JTF), Strategic Plan (SP), the National ICT Master Plan and the blueprint on Sustaining Judiciary Transformation (SJT). The purpose of this Master Plan is to have all ICT projects and developments within the Judiciary aligned to the priorities as outlined in the Judiciary Strategic Plan 2014-2018 and SJT (2017-2021) and aims at automating the Judiciary processes. The Judiciary Strategic Plan points out that ICT has enormous potential to provide a quantum leap in the administration of justice. It states that properly harnessed and deployed ICT infrastructure will augment efficiency and effectiveness of both back office and court processes and thus facilitate speedier trials. This Master Plan has three components namely: The Foundations, Pillars and the key flagship projects. The foundations are built by the ICT Infrastructure Development, Human resource and change management as well as legal, policy and institutional framework. The Pillars are the e-Court System, Enterprise System and Collaboration System ICT. The foundation and pillar have identified over 30 ICT projects and prioritised six (6) projects known as the Flagship projects. The projects are; The Court Management System (CMS), the Court Transcription System (CTS), the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS), the Human resource and performance management, the ICT Connectivity Infrastructure, the Judiciary Intranet to improve internal communication.