On 28th September 2020, to commemorate the International day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI), the Commission on Administrative Justice (Kenya) has planned the following activities:
1. Hold a Commemoration event on the 28th September 2020 at the Nairobi Safari Club which will be centred around this year’s theme of “Access to Information – Saving Lives, Building Trust, Bringing Hope.”
2. During the event, officially launch the Journalist’s Handbook on Access to Information.
The handbook was developed in partnership with the Media Council of Kenya and will be the principle reference material for journalists in the course of their duties with the goal of ensuring dissemination of impactful and factual information to the public. It will also be instrumental in providing content for trainers for sensitization on Access to Information.
3. The Commissioner in charge of Access to Information, Mrs. Lucy Ndung’u, will speak as a in a high level panel discussion during the Joint UNESCO-ICIC Webinarthe topic “Access to Information implementation and Crisis Resolution during COVID-19 Outbreak”. She will speak alongside the information Commissioners from Argentina and South Africa.
