Jaji Isaac Lenaola atachaguliwa rais wa mahakama maalum ya Sierra Leone

Jaji wa Mahakama Kuu ya Kenya Isaac Lenaola amechaguliwa kuwa rais wa Mahakama Maalum Iliyobaki ya Sierra Leone wakati wa kikao cha majaji huko The Hague, Uholanzi. Uchaguzi huu umefanyika wakati wa kikao cha siku mbili na utamchukulia nafasi ya makamu wake wa awali. Lenaola, ambaye amekuwa jaji wa mahakama hiyo tangu 2013, ataimiliki nafasi hii kwa miaka miwili inayoweza kujibuliwa.

Jaji Isaac Lenaola, jaji wa Mahakama Kuu ya Kenya tangu 2016, amechaguliwa kuwa rais wa Mahakama Maalum Iliyobaki ya Sierra Leone (RSCSL) tarehe 27 Februari 2026. Uchaguzi ulifanyika wakati wa kikao cha majaji huko The Hague, Uholanzi, na Lenaola ataimiliki nafasi hii kwa kipindi cha miaka miwili kinachoweza kujibuliwa.

Lenaola alijiunga na mahakama ya Kenya mwaka 2003 na amekuwa jaji wa RSCSL tangu 2013. Kabla ya kuteuliwa Mahakama Kuu, alihudumu kama jaji mkuu wa Idara ya Katiba na Haki za Binadamu katika Mahakama Kuu Milimani, Nairobi. Pia aliwahi kuwa jaji na makamu mkuu wa jaji katika Mahakama ya Haki ya Afrika Mashariki kati ya 2011 na 2018.

Wakati wa kikao hicho, majaji walimchagua Jaji Andrew Hatton kutoka Uingereza kuwa makamu rais na Jaji Tonia Barnett kutoka Sierra Leone kuwa jaji wa rufaa wa wafanyikazi. Hatton amekuwa jaji wa RSCSL tangu 2013 na aliwahi kufanya kazi kama jaji wa uhalifu wa kimataifa katika Misheni ya Sheria na Utawala wa EU huko Kosovo. Barnett amekuwa jaji tangu 2021 na alihudumu katika mahakama za Sierra Leone kama hakimu na jaji wa rufaa.

Kikao kilijadili mambo muhimu ikiwemo marekebisho ya sheria, ripoti ya uchukuzi wa hisia, masuala ya ufadhili, na Ripoti ya 12 ya Kila Mwaka ya 2025. RSCSL ina jukumu la kuendeleza majukumu ya Mahakama Maalum ya zamani ya Sierra Leone, ambayo ilimaliza mamlaka yake Desemba 2013, ikijumuisha kusimamia adhabu za kifungo, kulinda mashahidi, kuhifadhi rekodi za mahakama, na kusaidia mashtaka ya kitaifa.

Uchaguzi huu unaimarisha uwepo wa Kenya katika taasisi za haki za kimataifa.

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