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Chiefs demand to be payed like judges
05 Jul 2016 at 07:03hrs | Views
CHIEFS have said they want to be placed on the Judicial Service Commission's (JSC) payroll arguing that they handle matters of importance just like magistrates and judges.
Contributing during a seminar on the Law and Procedure in local courts in Gweru yesterday, traditional leaders drawn from the country's 10 provinces said they were being forced to dig deep into their pockets to fund customary courts.
Chief Chiduku from Chipinge said traditional leaders' courts were being affected by lack of funding.
"We ask the JSC to pay us some form of allowance as traditional leaders because we perform JSC duties at our courts. Like at my court, one pays $5 to report a matter and that money is not enough since we need to buy stationery and also provide transport money for the assessors, clerks and messenger of court who assist us in presiding over reported matters," he said.
Source - chronicle