‘Workers need digital transformation technologies’
CONSTITUTION and Legal Affairs Minister, Dr Damas Ndumbaro has underscored the need for workers to be well equipped with digital transformation and technological advancement as the government eyes e-legal system.
Dr Ndumbaro made the remarks at the opening of the Workers’ Council of the Attorney General office here yesterday.
The minister said the government plans are at an advanced stage to shift to e-legal system to cope with the changing world technological patterns. He said the e-legal transformation is intended to increase efficiency and accountability thus improves service delivery.
Dr Ndumbaro affirmed the ministry commitment to ensure that no amendment or law reforms to be tabled until they are researched ultimate goal being to have in place laws that will address the desired needs.
He used the audience to inform the state attorneys that the ministry wants specialisation in the fields of arbitration, drafting and contract negotiations and the government will ensure those in public bar bear the needed qualities.
The minister said they will ensure that the state attorneys who are in the regions and districts receive a number of capacity building training in the three fields so that they can be in good position in handling the public documents.
He said they will be a rotation of state attorney in the AG office, solicitor general and national prosecution services
so that they can broaden their knowledge through learning and gaining experience from other fields.
Earlier, Attorney General, Dr Eliezer Feleshi, said in the 2023/2024 financial year his office has planned to make research and amendments of 18,000 miscellaneous laws.
He commended the government for taking into account a number of challenges facing the industry by equipping them with infrastructures that made them operate professionally.
Dr Feleshi paid special tribute to the Public Bar Association, which since its establishment in 2022, has been supporting his office in a number of cases.
