If many Ministries, Departments and Organisations have stuff buses or minibuses to transport workers to and from work , why can' t the Judicial Department do the same thing for us. The city of Lusaka has vast distances and public transport at peak hours is a nightmare. In some cases lack of transport causes late starting of court sessions and causes fatigue to those who walk for long distances such us walking for one and a half or two hours. With the skyrocketing prices of furniture one cannot buy it from the salary. Therefore in the absence of furniture loans the house of Court Justices can be very undignified well below his status in society.
Manners maketh a man'.
Therefore people who visit a person can be impressed by his manners only if he has clean and reasonable furniture in the house. If an employee in this category gets to the end of contract which is not renewed , the outstanding balance would be recovered from gratuity. 10.0 Gratuity Court Justices, being on contract have no pension. Therefore their gratuity should be increased to help them to rehabilitate themselves in society when they finally leave. At present, it is very difficult and cumbersome for a Court Officer to obtain a salary advance in emergency cases.