| CJ: Advocates are too few | Send to a friend |
| Thursday, 15 December 2011 22:28 |
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The Citizen Correspondent Dar es Salaam. Despite an increase of advocates in the country they are too few to meet the demand of people who need legal assistance.Up to now Tanzania has about 2,315 advocates, with most being based in urban areas. This makes residents in rural areas miss legal advice and services from qualified professionals. However, despite the problem a record has been set this year following the graduation of many female lawyers since independence.Speaking at ceremony to award certificates, register and recognise new advocates in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Chief Justice Othman Chande said among 603 advocates registered this year, 257 were females equivalent to 40 per cent of the total number. “The number of advocates who are registered each year has increased from 13 advocates in 1962 to 603 this year. However, in many countries there is lack of female advocates and according to the United Nations Women report released recently, women make three per cent of the total number of advocates in the world,” he said. Judge Chande said Tanzania was among countries that have many female advocates in the world. However, he said there were challenges facing the profession, especially lack of an understanding of laws among Tanzanians and little interest of women in the profession. He said there were also limited services of advocacy in rural areas. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           |
