The Access to Information Act, 2016
Cabinet Secretary considers necessary.
(4) The Cabinet Secretary shall be required, in every
year, to report to Parliament the steps which the Government
has taken in implementing recommendations made in the
Commission’s reports.
Reports by
public entities.
Offences and
penalties.
27. On or before the 30th day of June of each year,
every public entity shall submit to the Commission a report
covering the preceding year, which shall include—
(a)
the number of requests for information
received by the entity and the number
of requests processed;
(b)
the number of determinations made by
the authority not to comply with the
requests for information under section
8, and the main grounds for such
determinations;
(c)
the average number of days taken by
the entity to process different types of
requests;
(d)
the total amount of fees collected by
the public entity while processing
requests; and
(e)
the number of full-time staff of the
public entity devoted to processing
requests for information and the total
amount expended by the entity for
processing such requests.
28. (1) Any person who knowingly discloses exempt
information in contravention of this Act commits an offence
and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one
million shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three years, or both.
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