The Access to Information Act, 2016 (e) ensure that any statutory authority with regulatory responsibilities is adequately discharging its functions. (7) Unless the contrary is proved by the public entity or private body, information is presumed not to be exempt if the information has been held for a period exceeding thirty years. PART III—ACCESS TO INFORMATION Designation of information access officer. 7. (1) A chief executive officer of a public entity shall be an information access officer for purposes of this Act. (2) A chief executive officer of a public entity may delegate the performance of his or her duties as an information access officer under this Act to any officer of the public entity. Application for access. 8. (1) An application to access information shall be made in writing in English or Kiswahili and the applicant shall provide details and sufficient particulars for the public officer or any other official to understand what information is being requested. (2) Where an applicant is unable to make a written request for access to information in accordance with subsection (1) because of illiteracy or disability, the information officer shall take the necessary steps to ensure that the applicant makes a request in manner that meets their needs. (3) The information officer shall reduce to writing, in a prescribed form the request made under subsection (2) and the information officer shall then furnish the applicant with a copy of the written request. (4) A public entity may prescribe a form for making 15