Section 96 of County Governments Act: Access to information
(1) Every Kenyan citizen shall on request have access to information held by any county government or any unit or department thereof or any other State organ in accordance with Article 35 of the Constitution.
(2) Every county government and its agencies shall designate an office for purposes of ensuring access to information as required by subsection (1).
(3) Subject to national legislation governing access to information, a county government shall enact legislation to ensure access to information.
(4) A county legislation enacted pursuant to subsection (3), may impose reasonable fees or charges for accessing information held by the county government, its departments or agencies.
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(1) The principles of civic education are intended to promote—
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Subject to section 100, County legislation shall provide the requisite institutional framework for purposes of facilitating and implementing civic education programmes under this Part.
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(a) programme...
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(a) a spatial...
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(b) the sub-county;
(c) the Ward; and
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(b) any member of the county assembly;
(c) any member of...
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