1. The offices use the Justice Deposit Account System Version 4 (JDASV4.0). 2. Financial management at the courts is carried out in Cash Halls, and comprises of two components, the TPF and the Vote Account. There remained no career pathing in the cash halls. Administration Clerks were rotated to all the sections in the Magistrate's Office so that they may be multi-skilled. The structure of the offices had never provided for financially trained practitioners for the cash halls. 3. There was a general weakness in the oversight and accountability by management with regards to Third Party funds. 4. There was a lack of internal control systems. 5. Officials in the current employ were not adequately trained in financial management. 6. There was a lack of sufficient middle management and Checking Officers to support the Court Managers on finance operations. 7. There were reported delays in criminal investigations 8. The centres were under-capacitated for the finalisation of internal disciplinary cases, especially those related to financial misconduct. 9. There were inadequate fraud prevention plans in the offices. 10. The courts did not have sufficient numbers of Court Sheriffs. 11. Large numbers of beneficiaries still opted for manual payments than the Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) system. 12. A number of cases of cancellation of bank accounts by beneficiaries had been reported. 13. The use of wrong reference numbers by depositors still posed challenges. 14. There were at times reported delays, and in some instances, payment schedules from payers (especially government departments) were not always available on time. 15. There were instances of inadequate office space and security. . 5.2 Financial Management and Information Systems