The Freedom of Information Bill, 2012 medium, an the applicant shall provide – (a) contains details; and (b) sufficient particulars for the public officers or any other official to understand what information is being requested. (2) A public officer who receives an oral application shall, subject to section 25, reduce the application to writing, including the officer’s name and designation, and shall give a copy thereof to the applicant. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an application may, if the applicant is unable to communicate in English or Kiswahili, be made in any other local language in use in Kenya, and in such event the public officer to whom the application is made shall arrange for a translation of the application to English or Kiswahili. (4) Where an application to access information does not comply with subsection (1), the public officer who receives the application shall, subject to section 30, render such reasonable assistance, free of charge, as may be necessary to enable the application to comply with that subsection. (5) An application referred to in subsection (4) shall not be deemed to have been rejected while assistance is being rendered. (6) A public authority may not inquire into a person’s identity on account of an application to access any information, or inquire as to the purpose of the person’s application. (7) A public authority may prescribe a form for making an application to access information, but any such form shall not be such as to unreasonably delay requests or place an undue burden upon applicants and no application may be rejected on the ground only that the applicant has not used the prescribed form. (8) A public authority which receives an application to access information shall provide the applicant with a receipt documenting the application. Processing of application. 30. (1) Subject to section 31, a public officer shall make a decision on an application as soon as possible, but in any event, within fifteen working days of receipt of the application; 30