Speaking during launch of a survey by the Commission on administrative justice,Ms Florence Kajuju the chair said benefits envisioned in the access to information Act that was enacted in 2016 which was an actualization of article 35 of the constitution are yet to be fully realised.
The CAJ survey measured what the Act calls “proactive disclosure”, which is providing information readily through the internet and other mass media without formal application or prompting by the public.
Under investigation were the 47 county governments, the 24 government ministries and 30 State corporations. The analysis was done between January 15 and 23, 2019. The entities’ websites were the main source of information and CAJ’s yardstick was the Access to Information Act.
CAJ’s survey analysed information shared under five topics: “who we are and what we do”, “how we make decisions”, “how we spend resources”, “our policies and procedures”, and “public procurement information”.
Of the 30 State corporations sampled, only three per cent were found to have fully disclosed information on “who we are.” Forty-seven per cent were also found to have provided sufficient details on how they make decisions.
Kajuju declared county governments the poorest performing public entities when it comes to providing information to the public.