A REFLECTION ON COURT - ANNEXED MEDIATION IN TANZANIA

Abstract

Mediation has become a very important and viable alternative to adjudication and arbitration in the legal system (labor disputes, family, business, and commercial disputes). In some countries and states, including Tanzania, mandatory mediation was introduced as a way to encourage parties to the dispute to use mediation process as a preferred way to resolve disputes. The article is an attempt to evaluate how court-annexed mediation in Tanzania has been able to achieve this purpose since it was introduced in 1994. It is argued that in order to improve performance of the court-annexed mediation, major reforms have to be initiated for its better efficiency and effectiveness.