Chief justice deploys 34 judges to strengthen judiciary

He’s walking the talk, Cepo hails Chief Justice move on the judiciary

By Emmanuel Mandella The Executive Director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), Edmund Yakani, has commended Chief Justice, Dr. Benjamin Baak Deng, for taking bold steps to revive the judiciary by promoting and deploying judges across the nation’s High Courts and Courts of Appeal. Yakani described the appointments as a “clear demonstration of commitment” to the long-awaited judicial reforms, calling them foundational t…

Chief justice deploys 34 judges to strengthen judiciary

The Chief Justice Dr. Benjamin Baak Deng, has issued administrative orders deploying 34 judges across the country to strengthen the judiciary. In an order dated 28th July 2025, Dr. Baak promoted and assigned 18 High Court Judges to serve as Justices of the Court of Appeal across the three judicial circuits. The deployment comes in response to appeals from lawyers and civil society activists over the growing backlog of cases in appellate courts. …