DODOMA, Feb. 3 -- PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has stressed that judicial independence is a sacred trust that demands justice to be delivered with integrity, transparency and strict adherence to the Constitution and the laws of the land.

In a keynote speech read on her behalf by VicePresident Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi to mark Law Day in Tanzania in Dodoma yesterday, the Head of State reminded judges and magistrates to discharge their duties in accordance with the provisions of Articles 107A(2)(a)–(e) and 107B of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania.

“However, judicial independence must never be used as a shield to conceal negligence, bias or injustice. Rather, it is a trust that requires justice to be administered ...