Residents of Kenya's western city of Eldoret are currently experiencing something akin to the oft-quoted saying. The Daily Nation newspaper reports that lawyers have staged a sit-in to put pressure on the Judicial Service Commission, the body in charge of hiring, to post more officers to the court.

Lawyers told the newspaper there was backlog of 4,000 cases at the court, and not enough judges and magistrates to deal with the cases. A top lawyer has tweeted a picture of a banner which has been tied at entrance of the court's compound:

Nelson Havi ?@NelsonHavi

 Eldoret High Court closed for lack of Judges. @dkmaraga and @lawsocietykenya please act on this and save litigants and Advocates anxiety and uncertainty.