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The Gambia’s first blind magistrate tests a system built for the sighted
For a decade, Muhammed Krubally has shown what is possible and what still needs to change.
Al Jazeera•
Banjul, the Gambia – It is still early when Magistrate Muhammed Krubally arrives at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court.
Before the first case, his clerk goes over the day’s proceedings, running through the files and making sure everything is in place. Krubally listens, asks questions, and prepares to preside.
Then he enters a packed courtroom, where lawyers, witnesses and relatives have gathered for a criminal case.
After completing their studies there, pupils are expected to enter mainstream schools, where special-needs teachers stationed across school clusters are meant to support them.