Eastern Zone DCSA

faulty.” 47 The Regional Court Chairperson conceded that there could
be errors since all government institutions are still weak and lacking
capacity 48 . A point was made by a religious leader that “effective
justice provision is a precursor to the stabilisation of the country” 49 .
Figure 38: Respondents’ usage of religious leaders (by gender)
As mentioned above, the usage of religious leaders in Mogadishu’s
Eastern Zone was reported to be very low - only 3% of the sampled
respondents had used religious leaders for an issue of justice in the
past 12 months (Fig 38). A key informant stated that religious
leaders are not commonly used in the districts because, as
mentioned before, there are no registered Shari’ah offices in
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Mogadishu .
3.3.3. Perception of Justice Providers
47 Police Commissioner, Shibis District, Key Informant Interview, Eastern
Zone, 13 March 2014
48 Regional Court Chairperson, Key Informant Interview, Eastern Zone, 16
March 2014
49 Religious leader, Key Informant Interview, Eastern Zone, 23 March 2014
50 Religious leader, Key Informant Interview, Eastern Zone, 23 March 2014
Traditional elders as informal justice providers continued to show
predominance over other providers when the survey respondents
were asked who they trust the most to solve cases. With 48% of the
total sampled population naming traditional leaders, 30% naming
religious leaders and only 14% naming the formal courts, it was
clear that the informal justice providers in Mogadishu’s Eastern
zone were more trusted than the formal justice system (Fig 39).
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