Dar es Salaam, July 10 -- THE Judiciary of Tanzania is massively investing in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to cope with the 21st century pace in conducting court sessions with a view to dispensing timely justice.

This was revealed by Chief Justice (CJ), Prof Ibrahim Juma, in Dar es Salaam on Friday at a function to admit 601 new High Court advocates online, being the first time in the country's judiciary history.

"The use of ICT is inescapable. We have reached a situation where in the next few years, a lawyer who is not acquainted with ICT will have a difficult time in the discharge of his or her duty as an advocate in the High Court of Tanzania," he told new members of the bar, among them, senior and judici...