DECLARATION

I, Alfred NGENDAHAYO, hereby declare that this report of internship is my own effort and it
is the first time to be submitted at University of Rwanda. It has not been submitted in whole or in
part elsewhere by any student University as internship report.

NGENDAHAYO Alfred

Signature: ………………………………… Date: …/05/2019

The Supervisor of this internship confirms that my report has been submitted to him for
consideration and decides for approval.

President of Intermediate Court of MUSANZE

Name and signature: RIZIKI Isabelle

Signature: …………………………………… Date: ….../05/2018

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 DEDICATED

To

The Almighty God

Who helped me in all I have gone through, knowledge, skills, and wisdom that helped me until
the end of my internship.

My family
For caring, worrying, and always encouraging me to believe in God even in myself

My friends
Being with me, in different discussions that have helped me to increase my knowledge

University of Rwanda, school of law

National police college (NPC) MUSANZE campus and Rwanda Investigation Bureau, for their
support in my study

“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams came into reality; it takes an awful lot of
determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort”
By
JESSE OWENS

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

After concentrated period of four weeks during my internship, today I wish to write this note of
thanks which is the finishing touch on my internship. It has been a period of intense learning for
me, not only in the field of academician, but also on a personal level. Doing my internship had a
big impact on me. I would like to reflect on the people who have supported and helped me so
much during this period.

I would first like to express my very great appreciation to the Almighty God for being with me
all the time.

I would like to offer my special thanks to my family for their wise counsel and sympathetic ear.
You are always there for me. Finally, there are my friends especially GASANGWA Martin
whom we were helping each other during our internship and also happily by talking about things
other than just our documents.

I would like to acknowledge Rwanda National Police (RNP) and National Police Collage (NPC)
for their help and assistance to be in University of Rwanda (UR) under College of Arts and
Social Sciences (CASS) in the School of Law.

I cannot forget to thank all staff members of Intermediate Court of MUSANZE especially my
supervisor president of the Court RIZIKI Izabelle, vice-president of the Court MUNYAWERA
Sophanie, Chief registrar ZANINKA Clementine and other staff members of the Intermediate
Court of MUSANZE.
Lastly, great thanks to all those persons whose names are not quoted in this appreciation but who
has helped me in one way or another in order to complete my internship.

God bless you all.

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LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABREVIATIONS

Art: Article
CASS: College of Arts and Social Sciences
Ibid.: Ibidem (in the same place)
Id: Idem (in same place but different pages)
IC: Intermediate Court
IECMS: Integrated Electronic Case Management System
IT: Information Technology
MINIJUST: Ministry of Justice
MUS: Musanze
NO: Number
NPC: National police college
NPPA: national Public Prosecution Authority
O.G.: Official Gazette
RBA: Rwanda Bar Association
RCS: Rwanda Correctional Service
RIB: Rwanda Investigation Bureau
RP: Rôle penale
RPA: Rôle penale en appel
RP/MIN: Rôle penale pour Minaire
RSSB: Rwanda Social Security Board
TGI: Tribunal de Grande Instance
UR: University of Rwanda
Vs: Versus

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Table of Contents

DECLARATION…......................................................................................................................1

DEDICATED……........................................................................................................................2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT............................................................................................................3

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABREVIATIONS.......................................................................4

INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................7

Chap. I. COMPOSITION AND ORGANISATION OF INTERMEDIATE COURT

OF MUSANZE.............................................................................................8

I.1. Geographical location of Intermediate Court of MUSANZE...............................................8

I.2. jurisdiction of Intermediate Court of MUSANZE.................................................................8

I.3. Organisation of the court........................................................................................................9

I.3.2. Duties of the president of the court...............................................................................11

I.3.4. Duties of chief registrar................................................................................................11
I.3.6. Duties of Other registrars.............................................................................................12
I.3.7. Duties of secretary........................................................................................................13
I.3.8. Duties of IT staff............................................................................................................13

Chap. II. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN INTERNSHIP..................................................13

II. 1. Presentation of the court by vice president of the court....................................................14

II. 2. Hearing attendance.............................................................................................................14

II.3. Learning Rwanda Integrated Electronic Case Management System (Rwanda

IECMS).......................................................................................................16

Chap. III. METHOD OF RECEIVING AND RECORDING CLAMIS BY COURTS......16

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III. 1. Rwanda integrated electronic case management system.................................................16

III. 2. Diagram showing the way of sharing information through IECMS in Rwanda
justice...........................................................................................................17

III. 3. Role and Objectives of IECMS.........................................................................................18

III. 4. Pre-trial conference...........................................................................................................18

Chap. IV. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION......................................................19

a. Conclusion………....................................................................................................................19

b. Recommendations....................................................................................................................20

BIBLIOGRAPHY.........................................................……………………………………….xxi

APPENDIXES……..................................................................................................................xxiii

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INTRODUCTION

The University of Rwanda is a higher education institution created through the amalgamation of
Rwanda's previously independent public institutions of higher education which was established
in September 2013. It is organised into six independent self-governing colleges under which
there is college of law, economics and governance which include the college used to be college
of Arts and social sciences.1 Under this college there is school of law, after providing theoretical
knowledge from the classroom students have to attend practical works through internship.
Internship helps student to gain experience related to what they have acquired from the school
here the student may be paid or not.2

The students in school of law carry out internship at the end of their studies in 4 th year and this
should be done in the complement of their academic preparation with a variety of other
experiences, such as study abroad, community service, undergraduate research experiences.
Students of University of Rwanda in faculty of law do their internship in different field but most
of them prefer to go to the courts especially Intermediate and High Court. It’s where people gain
experience that will facilitate them to get job at the end of studies. Judges and supervisors
encourage students to work hard in order to express their knowledge and skills from the class to
the field of work. During the beginning of our internship in this year, we have made different
choices on the place of work, Here in MUSANZE at the Intermediate Court, I was with my
colleagues.

We were 16 students; Ten students were from INES Ruhengeri and Six students of University of
Rwanda in MUSANZE campus. After the presentation us to all judges, registrars by Vice
President of the court, they welcomed and divide us in order to hold an office and then they gave
each judge two students to work with day to day. Intermediate Court of MUSANZE has
competence to try cases appealed from Primary Courts of its territorial jurisdiction and cases that
should be tried at the first instance by Intermediate Court. It is important to know the
composition and organisation of Intermediate Court of MUSANZE, services they provide and
also to know how they work/help with students who are doing their internship in this court, what
1
X, Colleges and Campuses, available at <http://ur.ac.rw/?q=node/54> , accessed on 30/04/2019.
2
X, Definition and Benefits of an Internship, available at<https://careers.uiowa.edu/students/benefits-internship >
accessed on 30/04/2019.

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we have covered during our internship here at MUSANZE, more details on this and others are
found below.

Chapter. I. COMPOSITION AND ORGANISATION OF INTERMEDIATE COURT OF

MUSANZE

I.1. Geographical location of Intermediate Court of MUSANZE

The Court House of MUSANZE has seat in MUSANZE town located in Northern Province
MUSANZE District, MUHOZA Sector, KIGOMBE Cell and NYAMAGUMBA Village. It is
situated in left side of the main road from Kigali to Rubavu opposite to the UBWOROHERANE
stadium, in the right side there are branch of National Bank of Rwanda Northern Province and
RSSB Musanze Pension Plazza to the left. Near this court there are other courts which are
Primary Court of MUHOZA and High Court of Musanze.

I.2. jurisdiction of Intermediate Court of MUSANZE

Intermediate Court of MUSANZE is one of twelve intermediate courts that are found in
Rwandan judicial system.3 The power of Jurisdiction of the Intermediate Court of MUSANZE is
limited to the Districts of Musanze, Burera and Gakenke in Northern Province. It has seven (4)
Primary Courts which are the following;
 Muhoza,
 Cyeru,
 Gahunga,
 Gakenke.
The Intermediate Court of MUSANZE have both original and appellate jurisdiction in civil and
criminal. Original cases that should be tried by Intermediate Court at first instance are the
following: Offences whose sentence is a term of imprisonment exceeding five (5) years and
Crimes of genocide against the Tutsi and other crimes against humanity committed in Rwanda
between 1October 1990 and 31 December 19944.

3
See, annex I to law n°30/2018 of 02/06/2018 determining the jurisdiction of courts, O.G n° Special of 02/06/2018.
4
Article 29 of Law n°30/2018 of 02/06/2018 determining the jurisdiction of courts, O.G n° special of 02/06/2018.

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In civil cases, the Intermediate Courts have jurisdiction to hear cases on first instance that cannot
be tried by other courts and road traffic accident insurance disputes. 5 Intermediate Courts have
jurisdiction over appeals against cases tried and decisions rendered at first instance by Primary
Courts located within their respective territorial jurisdictions 6. It has specialised chamber that
are administrative chamber, juvenile chamber, labour chamber and chamber for economic
crimes.7

I.3. Organisation of the court

Intermediate court of Musanze is established by the law through the classification of courts in
Rwanda, “Ordinary Courts are comprised of the Supreme Court, court of appeal, the High
Court, Intermediate Courts and Primary Courts.”8 The president of Intermediate Court of
MUSANZE is Riziki Isabelle.9 The vice president is Munyawera Sophanie and chief registrar
ZANINKA Clementine. The house of Court of MUSANZE is composed by seven judges, seven
registrars, two accountants, secretary, an IT entrusted by Supreme Court and other
nonprofessional workers. Under this court there is office of National Public Prosecution within
the same building and specialised chamber of commercial court. Among seven judges there is
one who is specialist in cases that involve children, means that it is the juvenile chamber. There
are also five rooms where hearings take place.

I.3.1. Organisational structure of the intermediate court

The president of Intermediate Court

5
Vice president
Article 31 of Law n°30/2018 of 02/06/2018 of ICthe jurisdiction of courts, O.G n° special of 02/06/2018.
determining
6
Article 32 of Law n°30/2018 of 02/06/2018 determining the jurisdiction of courts, O.G n° special of 02/06/2018.
7
See article 33-38 supra note 6.
8
See, art.2 supra note 6.
9
X, Intermediate Court of MUSANZE, available at<http://judiciary.gov.rw/the-courts/ordinary-courts/intermediate-
courts/i-c-of-musanze.html> , accessed on 01/05/2019.

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 Chief

Chief registrar

Judges Registrars

Other staff members

I.3.2. Duties of the president of the court

Each president of a court is responsible for the administration of the court. In general, he/she is
responsible for the matters related to the cases adjudication, administration, organization and
smooth running of activities and the conduct of the staff of the court he/she heads10.

In that regard: he/she presides over the hearings in which he/she is taking part; he/she sets dates
for hearings; he/she determines the judges on a bench and distributes cases among judges who
adjudicate them; he/she adopts appropriate strategies to improve the court functioning and to
expedite trial of cases; he/she supervises each staff member of the court under his/her
responsibility and, depending on the staff member’s level and in accordance with the disciplinary
procedure provided under the legal provisions governing the staff member, exercises disciplinary
authority over him/her and informs the president of the immediate higher court and the General
Inspectorate of Courts; he/she convenes and chairs the meetings of all court judges and other
staff on a monthly basis and whenever necessary in order to examine the functioning of the court
10
Art 43 of law nº012/2018 of 04/04/2018 determining the organization and functioning of the judiciary, O.G nᵒ
Special of 30/05/2018.

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in general, the effectiveness and promptness of cases adjudication and he/she monitors and
supervises the functioning of lower courts11.

I.3.3. Replacement of the President of a court

Through the exception of the military courts, if the president of a court is absent or unavailable,
he/she is replaced by the vice president. If the vice president of a court is absent or the court has
no vice president, the president is replaced by the senior judge. In case there are judges with the
same seniority, the president of a court is replaced by the Judge with the highest qualification
level. In case such Judges have the same degrees, he/she is replaced by the oldest judge12.

I.3.4. Duties of chief registrar

The Chief registrar is in charge of the organisation, functioning and conduct of registrars of the
Court. In this way, she assigns duties to the other registrars and supervises their activities and
even updates them to other court orders under the instructions of the President of the Court. 13 “A
court registrar in charge of the cases concerned prepares a draft pre-trial conference report to be
used in the conduct of the pre-trial conference.”
After examining the draft report and related documents and send them to the parties shall have to
invite parties in pre-trial conference within fifteen (15) days of receipt in order to fulfil her
responsibility of preparing case for hearing. 14 He/ She also propose the date on which the hearing
should take place for different cases that have entered in the Court before him/her transferred to
the president to approve and determine judges to adjudicate and also the Chief Registrar is the
coordinator of the registry’s activities. In this regard, he/she is responsible for developing and
implementing plans related to the registry, keeping court documents, making follow-up on the
registry’s activities and preparing court reports. He/she is also responsible for the discipline of
registrars15.
I.3.5. Replacement of the Chief Registrar

11
Ibid.
12
See Art 44 of law nº012/2018 of 04/04/2018 determining the organization and functioning of the judiciary, O.G nᵒ
Special of 30/05/2018.
13
X, available at< https://www.judiciary.go.ke/leadership/office-of-the-registrar/chief-registrar/> accessed on
03/05/2019.
14
See, Article 25, of Law no 22/2018 of 29/04/2018 Relating to the Civil, Commercial, Labour and Administrative
Procedure, OG, nº Special of 29/04/2018.
15
Art 47 of law nº012/2018 of 04/04/2018 determining the organization and functioning of the judiciary, O.G nᵒ
Special of 30/05/2018.

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If the Chief Registrar is absent or unavailable, he/she is replaced by the most senior registrar.
Where there are registrars with the same seniority, the Chief Registrar is replaced by the one
with the highest academic degree. If registrars have the same academic degrees, he/she is
replaced by the eldest registrar16.

I.3.6. Duties of Other registrars

Other registrars have the following responsibilities: to receive complaints and verify whether
they fulfil the required conditions for entry into the register; receive and respond to the
complaints of the population; summon parties and notify them of court decisions; provide other
necessary services that the population needs in the court; examine whether case files fulfil the
necessary conditions to be heard; prepare the draft of pre-trial conference schedule, conduct the
pre-trial conference and help parties settle the case if they agree ; prepare the pre-trial
conference report; assist judges in preparing cases whose dates for hearing are set; carry out
legal research necessary for the case draft report to be used for hearing purposes and record
proceedings and prepare the case draft report to be submitted to the bench having tried the case 17.
Court registrar has to check if the claim received meets the required grounds in order to
register.18 They prepare and submit to the chief registrar daily report on their activities.

I.3.7. Duties of secretary

The duties of secretary of are the following:

Organising and ensuring the good functioning of the secretariat by receiving and record in or
outgoing documents of the Court. Typing and recording reports, he/she is responsible for
customer care of the office of the president by informing customers if the president is available
or not. Performing any other task assigned by the president. A secretary keeps the office
organized, makes sure the various appointments and meetings on the schedule are kept straight
even recording what is necessary during the meeting and manages the flow of visitors.19

16
Art 48 supra note 15.
17
Art 49 supra note 15.
18
See, art. 21, of law nº 29/04/2018, relating to the civil, commercial, labour and administrative procedure, O.G, nº
Special of 29/04/2018.
19
X, duties & responsibility of a secretary, available at, < https://careertrend.com/duties-responsibility-secretary-
2066.html> , accessed on 03/05/2019.

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I.3.8. Duties of IT staff

The responsibilities of IT at intermediate court of Musanze as a staff who appointed by Supreme

Court are to make sure that all electronic items used within the court are running well. He is the
one to help judges and registrars in case of any problem occur during the trial or within their
offices. Also helps in case of internet has problem and provide necessary assistance to other
courses that takes place in the court of Intermediate Court even trainers in this court.

Chapter. II. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN INTERNSHIP

During the period of our internship that started from 15 th April 2019 and ended on 11 th May
2019, we have carried out numerous activities that have improved our knowledge related to the
course of law. Those activities are: Court hearing attendance, ruling cases to be pronounced,
learning Rwanda Integrated Electronic Case Management System.

II. 1. Presentation of the court by vice president of the court

At the beginning of our internship 15th April 2019, it was on Monday at 7:05 AM the first time
we entered in the Court of House of MUSANZE to start our internship module before the
covering of all courses in 4th year. Vice president of the court was the one who welcomed us and
he firstly provided more information about the work of the Intermediate Court of MUSANZE,
how they work, the role of judges and registrars and then introduce us to the other judges and
registrars, secretary. This was done in order to know each other and became easy for us to work
with them, After the presentation and introduction, he divided us to the judges in order to hold an
office. he gave each judge two students whom would help them day to day and work with them. I
was under the supervision of president of Intermediate Court of Musanze RIZIKI Isabelle.

II. 2. Hearing attendance

We have attended different court hearing throughout the internship where cases that tried were
civil and criminal cases both cases at first instance and those appealed from Primary Courts.

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On 16th April 2019, the Intermediate Court of MUSANZE at their seat has been tried criminal
cases with the president of the trial hearing RIZIKI Isabelle and registrar NYIRANEZA
Espérance. All cases that have been tried on this day were five cases, those cases are the
following:

a. RP 00199/2019/TGI/MUS: Prosecutor Vs DUSHIMIYIMANA Eric.

DUSHIMIYIMANA Eric was accused the crime of the use of narcotic drugs in article 263 of law
nº68/2018 of 30/08/2018 determining offences and penalties in general.

b. RP 00200/2019/TGI/MUS: Prosecutor Vs IHIMBAZWE Emmanuel, NIYOMUKIZA

Eric and MIGISHA Isac.

IHIMBAZWE Emmanuel, NIYOMUKIZA Eric and MIGISHA Isac were accused the crime
of the use of narcotic drugs in article 263 of law Nº68/2018 of 30/08/2018 determining
offences and penalties in general.

c. RP 00197/2019/TGI/MUS: Prosecutor Vs NTABANGANA Bernard

NTABANGANA Bernard was accused the crime of the use of narcotic drugs in article 263 of
law Nº68/2018 of 30/08/2018 determining offences and penalties in general.

d. RP 00198/2019/TGI/MUS: Prosecutor Vs RWAMARERE Marc

RWAMARERE Marc was accused the crime of the use of narcotic drugs in article 263 of law
Nº68/2018 of 30/08/2018 determining offences and penalties in general.

e. RP 00201/2019/TGI/MUS: Prosecutor Vs TWAGIRAYEZU

TWAGIRAYEZU was accused the crime of the use of narcotic drugs in article 263 of law
Nº68/2018 of 30/08/2018 determining offences and penalties in general.

On 17th April 2019, at the seat of court house of MUSANZE, the ruling court headed by RIZIKI
Isabelle and registrar GAJU Edith tried two criminal cases those cases are the following:

a. RP 00169/2019/TGI/MUS: Prosecutor Vs NIYONSABA Fidèle

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NIYONSABA Fidèle was accused the crime of Intentional assault or battery in article 121 of law
Nº68/2018 of 30/08/2018 determining offences and penalties in general.

b. RP/MIN 00015/2018/TGI/MUS: Prosecutor Vs IRADUKUNDA Jean d’Amour

IRADUKUNDA Jean d’Amour was accused the crime of Child defilement in article 133 of law
Nº68/2018 of 30/08/2018 determining offences and penalties in general.

on 24th April 2019, the Intermediate Court of MUSANZE at their seat has been tried one
criminal case, the ruling court headed by RIZIKI Isabelle and registrar GAJU Edith.

a. RPA 00608/2018/TGI/MUS: Prosecutor Vs SIBOMANA UMWAMIWISHYAMBA

KAYUMBA

Case was appeal on decision of the court taken by primary court of Muhoza, SIBOMANA
UMWAMIWISHYAMBA KAYUMBA requested the IC to reduce the penalty.

on 30th April 2019, the Intermediate Court of MUSANZE at their seat has been tried one criminal
case, the ruling court headed by RIZIKI Isabelle and registrar GAJU Edith.

a. RP 00509/2018/TGI/MUS: Prosecutor Vs MUKESH IMANA Alphonsine

MUKESH IMANA Alphonsine was accused the crime of Harassment of a spouse in article 147
of law Nº68/2018 of 30/08/2018 determining offences and penalties in general. About 19 cases
we have attended during our internship and ten cases we wrote, we are confident that we have
improved as our supervisor told us.

II.3. Learning Rwanda Integrated Electronic Case Management System (Rwanda IECMS)

This session on Rwanda Integrated Case Management System is organised and trained by
MARAYIKA Marie Chantal. The presentation on this session was on 8 th May 2019. “Integrated
Electronic Case Management System for Rwanda (Rwanda IECMS) is an automated information
management system, which is designed within the initiative of modernizing Rwanda's Justice”20

20
x, integrated electronic case management system, available at< http://rcs.gov.rw/systems/iecms/> accessed on
03/05/2019.

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 The invention of using Integrated Electronic Case Management System in Rwanda came to
connect all justice government institutions involved in the provision of justice. This system has
been developed by American company called Synergy International Systems. It connects
Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA), Judiciary,
Rwanda Bar Association (RBA), MINIJUST, and Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS). This has
improved the way of submitting cases to the court by citizens and ways of sharing information to
those institutions.21

Chapter. III. METHOD OF RECEIVING AND RECORDING CLAMIS BY COURTS

III. 1. Rwanda integrated electronic case management system

Judiciary is the centre beneficiary of IECMS. The Court registrar receives claims from National
Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA) and from Rwanda Collection Service (RCS) particularly in
criminal matters. Nowadays, The IECMS is the only way that used for receiving claims, whereby
parties must have an account to IECMS in order to filling the case before the court and getting
all information about their lodged cases. What we have covered on Rwanda IECMS is to know
how court registrar receiving, checking and commenting, providing number and orient cases.

Electronic system has replaced other way which was called Electronic Filling System. The
current system was initiated to improve Judicial Service Delivery by reducing delays and
transaction costs associated with judicial cases processing through the whole justice chain from
the inception of a case to its final adjudication as mentioned by the following diagram. 22

III. 2. Diagram showing the way of sharing information through IECMS in Rwanda justice

RIB NPPA JUDICIARY

RCS

CES
N S ERVI
TIO
IL L ITIGA
CI V
BAR ASSOCIATIONN
MINIJUST
21
X, Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS), available
at<http://judiciary.gov.rw/fileadmin/IECMS_Info/About_IECMS_-Final.pdf> accessed on 03/05/2019.
22
X, available, at http://www.minijust.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Speeches/
IECMS_Presentation_by_Hon_Minister_29th_December_2015.pdf, accessed on 8/05/2019. INDIVIDUAL FILLING
ABUNZI SERVICE 16

IECMS
MAJ INSTITUTION WITH VITAL INFORMATION RESOUR
 KIAC

III. 3. Role and Objectives of IECMS

This has improved the Judicial Service Delivery by reducing delays and transaction costs
associated with judicial cases processing through the whole justice chain from the beginning of a
case to its final adjudication (closing). It enables this sector to speed up case forwarding and
related information sharing in way of one click, there is no wasting papers and extravagancy,
save time, immediate communication and collaboration, accuracy in Statistical Data and
planning. Service by Justice Sector is accessible from anywhere to the citizen. Prevent the loss
and physical damage of document in a case file, Enhance Information Accessibility, enable case
reproduction and eliminate duplication of case information within the sector, On-the-fly accurate
reporting (effective and efficient judicial system), Modernize the sector’s operations and
Accurate Action Audits and security23.

23
X, Objectives of IECMS available at< https://www.judiciary.gov.rw/fileadmin/IECMS_Info/About_IECMS_-
Final.pdf> accessed on 08/05/2019.

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III. 4. Pre-trial conference

A court registrar in charge of the cases concerned prepares a draft pretrial conference report to be
used in the conduct of the pretrial conference and the draft pretrial conference report must
indicate: the full identity and address of the parties, the subject-matter, facts relating to the
admissibility of the claim: a) court fees deposit; b) jurisdiction of the court; c) standing and
interest of the parties; d) incidents and objections raised by parties or those he/she believes they
may arise, a brief description of the subject matter, a list of facts which cannot be debated by
parties during hearing, if any, a list of facts constituting the subject- matters, any allegation of
each party with respect to each matter at issue in the case, evidence and legal basis and a list of
other matters at issue which, in his/her opinion, must be clarified by parties or other pieces of
evidence parties should bring24.

The registrar examines the draft report and related documents and send them to parties, inviting
parties to attend a pretrial conference within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the draft report. 25

Chapter. IV. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

a. Conclusion

Conclusively therefore, the internship helps university students to meet practical skills at the end
of their studies which became more advantageous and useful to them even to different
institutions that will hire them at work. As mentioned above during the internship we had at the
Intermediate Court of MUSANZE there was a lot of work that includes trial attendance, learning
EICMS, discussions on court judgement by Supreme Court, attending sports of workers, etc. For
me, I have achieved new knowledge, skills and also met with a lot of new people who are
intellectual in law field that had an effect in my improvement of living in society as a worker. I
achieved several of my learning goals, though for some the conditions did not permit. I got
chance into professional practice acting as a judge because I have improved in my analysis of
different facts and knowing way of acting as the president of the trial.

The familiarity about the IECMS is very important for me, as one who wants to be skilled and
experienced in legal field as a legal expert. This system is very essential because is a Sector
wide tool enabling the Justice Sector to reach new levels of perfection, such as, speed, case

24
Art 25 of law no 22/2018 of 29/04/2018 relating to the civil, commercial, labour and administrative procedure, O.
G nº Special of 29/04/2018.
25
Ibid.

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forwarding and related information sharing on single click, non-double reproduction of work on
paper and then on computer. It is of beneficial on Saving Money, Papers, transport, saving time,
immediate communication and collaboration between court and their customers, Data referential,
retrieval and sharing, Business intelligence, Integrated Data Management tool for data
processing and analysis in order to get Accuracy in Statistical Data and planning. Real time
statistics and reports create effective decision making and planning, accessibility, and full-time
access to the documents for officials, Justice Service accessible from wherever to the citizen. It
has also removed unnecessary movement of customers of the court because they get all
information required from the court through the internet and access their cases all the time
without wasting time.

Concerning to what we have covered or leant from the classroom, the internship has increased
my spirit to work in the field of law with the experience in organisation, Jurisdiction and
functioning of Rwandan Courts. The presence in court hearings was indeed very important to
become familiar with pleading techniques, even knowing how prosecutor accuses suspects and
how lawyers defend or assist their clients. The judge has responsibility to control the proceeding
and later provide justice to the people.

b. Recommendations

Although internship is essential to the undergraduate in the University of Rwanda, there some
challenges as mentioned above that should be handled by persons in charge. Those challenges
can be eliminated by expanding the time it takes. The time of internship could be better if it is
done in three or more months. The IECMS is very important in this era but you find that
electrical power or internet connection were cutting off and there has no other alternative for
supporting the continuing of trial which stopped until the problem would be resolved that may
take a long time, so there should be any alternative ways to this IECMS, for enabling the services
to go on without any big interruption, in case the System is not working properly.

Even if, this new way of using IECMS is not yet being familiar to the citizens and may lead to
discourage them to file their cases and some cases became illegularity which leads to lack of
access to the justice by some people. This may cost because of some people who assist the

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persons with no knowledge on it charge them much money. The training and advertisement of
IECMS in the meetings, schools and other place than this is required in order to make popular to
the citizens.

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