by Mwendwa Kivuva | Oct 29, 2019 | Access to information, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By Mildred Achoch. The British Institute of Eastern Africa held an event in October 2019 titled “Data Justice, an agenda worth pursuing in Kenya?” In “A Structural Model and Manifesto for Data Justice for International Development” Richard Heeks cites a paper that...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Oct 15, 2019 | Access to information, Highlights, kictanet post
By Tevin Mwenda Gitonga. Access to information is a crucial pillar in any democratic society. The citizens of a country deserve to know what is happening in their country and public officials have the duty to inform their citizens on any important matters affecting...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Aug 6, 2019 | Access to information, Highlights, kictanet post
By Cecilia Maundu The month is August, the year is 2018, am in Nepal for the feminist tech exchange (FTX) convening. My first time in Asia and I must say it was an amazing experience. The meeting was a four-day exchange with feminist trainers and facilitators working...
by Liz Orembo | Jan 31, 2018 | Access to information
Dr. Wambui Wamunyu It has been nearly a year and a half since the Freedom of Information Act was signed into law. It is an important piece of legislation for what it does: it treats information as a public good, which may be defined as something that society is...
by Liz Orembo | Jan 21, 2018 | Access to information
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) in partnership with the Global Partners Digital (GPD), is undertaking a project to promote the Access to Information policy that was passed in 2016. The project seeks to use ICT to enhance policy impact by building knowledge and...