THE World Bank (WB) is satisfied with the implementation of the Tanzania judicial services improvement project especially in upcountry regions.

Nathan Belete, the World Bank zonal director for Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe made this remark during a visit to the Integrated Center for Family Affairs and Justice located in Temeke in the city of Dar es Salaam.

Seeing what is being done on the spot and satisfying himself on the implementation of the projects, the high level official said the global lender sees the courts projects as helpful in reducing the backlog of cases in court, cutting long distances of walking or travel to seek court services.

On the basis of the state of improvement of court services that was seen it is evident that the remaining nine centres will be completed on time, he stated, reassuring officials of cooperation in the task.

Prof Elisante ole Gabriel, the chief court administrator, lauded the World Bank for extending soft loans to the government for judicial services improvement.

Judiciary administrators expect that the funds will be properly managed to realise the intended goal of improving the delivery of justice from primary courts to the High Court, he stated.

Before its being revamped, the centre had a backlog of 400 cases and after the renovation, the number of cases received has increased to 1,000 and were being resolved fast, helping to reduce the backlog of cases.

Zanzibar High Court judge Ibrahim Mzee Ibrahim said that the judiciary there was executing a World Bank funded project targeting to improve the environment for court operations.

"We have learned a lot of things, when we arrive in Zanzibar with my colleagues we will sit down and look at what we have to do to improve the delivery of court services," he vowed.