The culture of secrecy and routine administrative codes in public bodies still stands in the way of Kenyans right to information thus frustrating their access to services. Additional challenges for access to information in Kenya include, poor management of information by public bodies, poor public administration and inefficiencies, and gross violation of human rights by duty bearers. As required by law, information held by public bodies must be accessible to members of the public in the absence of an overriding public interest in secrecy. That public bodies are even denying information to other public bodies to enable them provide service to citizens is irritating. As we mark the International Day for Universal Access to Information this year, lets purpose to embrace the culture of working ahead of time and sharing information to citizens.

Source: The Star September 28, 2020 05:48 UTC