Dear All, Further to the executive summary, these are a summary of the main concerns that were raised at the meeting during the presentation.Concerns, raised in the summary and as provided by individual members and by for instance, ICJ Kenya were supported by reference. 1. That the right of access to information must be recognised as such in the policy and the legal underpinning be provided through the constitutional provisions and international law obligations that Kenya has under the African Charter on Human and peoples Rights et al. 2. That the significannce of the right be underscored as was done under the drafts on the constitution including the significance that it was one of only 2 Acst that were to be passed within 6 months of the passage of the constitution. 3.That the argument that the Official secrets Act may not affect the policy be conceeded as erroneous, given especially the contribution by the Chairperson of the law reform commmission to the effect underscored in his and our presentation that the Act should be repealed. 4.That the power of the minister to designated an organization as a "public organization" be only for private bodies. 5. That the protection of data as one of the limitations under the proposed legsilation be balanced against the right to access. The majority of the views/ concerns in the executive summary were supported from the floor and form part of KICTANET contributions within the broad framework of the policy. I am reliably informed that the entire report, including the summary below, will be available in due course on the website. Kind regards J. Kihanya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com