<div dir="ltr">I'm currently working on a post on this very same bill. I'm glad that it's moving forward but there are some sections that may be subject to interpretation which may be broader than anticipated. So my question is, has the period for public comment closed?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 November 2015 at 13:48, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<h3>In Summary</h3>
<div><ul><li>Whereas governments are entitled to secrets, most
developing democracies abuse this privilege to declare anything and
everything a ‘state secret’ in order to suppress, control or simply
misinform the citizenry.</li><li>But more importantly, rather than just
releasing historical information, the Bill empowers any citizen to
request any contemporary information held by state and private entities
and expect a response within three weeks.</li></ul></div><br><br><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2969520/-/xlyx8tz/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2969520/-/xlyx8tz/-/index.html</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Barrack O. Otieno<div>+254721325277</div><div>+254-20-2498789<br>Skype: barrack.otieno</div><div><a href="http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/" target="_blank">http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/</a>
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