<div dir="auto">In total agreement with the views expressed. If any case similar to the one filed by the FAC against President Trump was to find its way to the Kenyan Courts, I see them ruling in a like manner as the American Court since that is what a proper interpretation of Art. 35 of the Constitution and Sec. 5 of the Access to Information Act calls for. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 16 Oct 2019, 09:04 Liz Orembo via kictanet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:14px">Listers,</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:14px">A very interesting read by Tevin Mwenda, </span></div><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:14px"><div><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:14px"><br></span></div>Can social media accounts of public officials in Kenya be construed to be channels that can be used by the public to access information from their elected leaders and other public leaders regarding them? </span><div><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:14px">Are those public officials allowed to block someone from accessing them when they use the same channels to interact with citizens?</span> </div><div><br></div><div>Full article here: <a href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?p=40802" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?p=40802</a> <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div><font style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best regards.<br>
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