Hi Listers, In response to Grace's question: 'Freedom of Information' means the right of the public to access records or information under the custody or control of a public body. On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:43 AM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com>wrote:
Listers
We continue with the e-discussion on *Aligning records management with ICT e-government and Freedom of Information in East Africa**, *a study conducted by International Records Management Trust (IRMT) and supported by IDRC, a study that covered five Eastern African Countries namely Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania.
Today, we get into the final theme of the study*: Freedom of Information and Records Management. *Under this theme, three issues were identified. They are:
Misconception of FOI in East Africa
Inconsistence between Acts of Parliament
Implications of government Record Keeping for freedom of information
Our focus today is on the first issue: *Misconception of FOI in East Africa.*
*Consider this: *
What does the term ‘Freedom of Information’ mean?
What misconceptions are there relating to this term?
What law(s) in Kenya and other East African countries, if any, govern Freedom of Information?
What steps have governments taken to ensure that a freedom of information law is passed?
*Question*
Are there factors that have caused lack of enthusiasm?
Lets hear it from you.
Rgds
Grace
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