Access to information in Kenya: statutory enactment of Constitutional rights

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dc.contributor.authorKimalel, Linda Jemtai
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01T10:10:48Z
dc.date.available2017-08-01T10:10:48Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.descriptionSubmitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Bachelor of Laws Degree, Strathmore University Law Schoolen_US
dc.description.abstractAccess to information in Kenya was not adequately catered for in law. It has taken too long to enact an access to information law thus leaving room for violation of the right of access to information. This study seeks to establish the need for statutory enactment of Access to Information Law. The study was done through literature review on access to information and adopted a qualitative analysis. Thus establishing the scope of the right as being public and private bodies dealing with records of any form. A comparative analysis with South Africa brought out the grounds of refusal that are permissible without violating the right of access to information and role of a Commission as an oversight mechanism. For the purpose of upholding and protecting the right of access to information in Kenya, the study recommends that legislators must formulate laws that can be easily implemented. It also proposes that instruments such as political will and open government partnership commitment must be incorporated during enactment as well as implementation. In the end, the study concludes that enactment is necessary and will indeed uphold the right of access to information as guaranteed in Article 35 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11071/5268
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStrathmore Universityen_US
dc.subjectAccessen_US
dc.subjectInformationen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectconstitutional rightsen_US
dc.subjectArticle 35 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010en_US
dc.titleAccess to information in Kenya: statutory enactment of Constitutional rightsen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
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