Thanks @BonnyM. Noted
@S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> it is a proposal to transfer the
implementation of the access to information Act to the data protection
commissioner which is the institutional framework under the bill.
———-
Access to Information Act (Act No 31 of 2016)
1. The Act is amended in section 2 by—
(a) Inserting a the following new definition in appropriate chronological
order
“Data Commissioner” means a Data Protection Commissioner established under
the Data Protection Act, 2018”
(b)deleting the definition of the word “Commission”
2. The Act is amended by deleting the word “Commission” wherever it appears
and substituting therefor the expression “Data
Commissioner”
Il giorno mer 26 set 2018 alle ore 18:03 S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> ha scritto:
> Grace,
>
> How/Why does the Access to Information act need to be reviewed? What did
> the reviewers note?
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 4:57 PM Grace Bomu via kictanet <
> kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Dear listers,
>> The above question follows another review of the proposed data protection
>> bill that lists several laws which will require amendment when the law is
>> enacted.
>> For example the Registration of Persons Act (ID Card law) will need an
>> additional provision on how data protection will apply to ID data. Other
>> laws listed include: Registration of Persons Act; Births and Deaths Act;
>> Capital Markets Act; and Access to Information Act.
>>
>> Are there other laws that are missing from this list? Please let us know
>> even where you are not sure of the precise name of the Act.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Grace
>>
>>
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