Rwanda’s poor face the threat of injustice as lawyers set to raise legal fees

Lawyers chat after a court session. Legal services are set to become dearer for Rwandans after the bar association proposed higher tariffs. Photo/Cyril Ndegeya

Legal services in Rwanda are set to become an expensive affair after the Bar association moves to gazette new tariffs.

Kigali Bar Association has proposed a ceiling deemed as being on the higher end while the government pleads it is legally prohibited from refraining lawyers from raising their charges.