There are broken windows, falling ceilings, peeling paint and blocked toilets or no toilets at all. In nearly all the courts there were broken chairs and tables. Court justices and messengers particularly in the rural areas had no accommodation. At one court, the justice lived ten kilometres away from his court. He has to cycle daily.
Messengers have no bicycles, no uniforms, and no handcuffs.
In many courts, robes are either not available or are torn and worn out. Justices are obliged to purchase their own pens. They improvise on stationery. In many courts, justices ask the litigants to pay K500 for exercise books to record court proceedings. The losing party refunds the winner.