Prioritise credibility and accountability, lawyers urged

FORMER Kenyan Chief Justice David Maraga has called on legal practitioners to stand as a guide for social construction through values, accountability and competency to upscale professionalism in all sectors of the country.

Speaking at the Law Society of Zimbabwe Summer School, Maraga noted that any nation should look up to the legal sector for guidance in the governance of the country.

According to the Southern African Legal Information Institute, lawyers should play an important role in the creation of economic policies and the process to ensure that Sadc States create laws that address challenges relating to illicit financial flows and human rights abuses in the natural resources sector.

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