The Access to Information Act, 2016 THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT, 2016 AN ACT of Parliament to give effect to Article 35 of the Constitution; to confer on the Commission on Administrative Justice the oversight and enforcement functions and powers and for connected purposes ENACTED by the Parliament of Kenya, as follows— PART I—PRELIMINARY Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Access to Information Act, 2016. Interpretation. 2. requires— In this Act, unless the context otherwise ―Cabinet Secretary‖ means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to information; ―chief executive officer‖ of a public body or private body means the Principal Secretary in the case of a Government Ministry or Department, managing director in the case of a corporate body, or the person assigned the principal administrative responsibility in any body by whatever title; and ―citizen‖ means any individual who has Kenyan citizenship, and any private entity that is controlled by one or more Kenyan citizens. No. 23 of 2011. ―Commission‖ means the Commission on Administrative Justice established by section 3 of the Commission on Administrative Justice Act, 2011; ―edited copy‖ in relation to a document, means a copy of a document from which exempt information has been deleted; 3