Access to information law important in fight against rampant graft

In February this year, the High Court made a significant determination that is likely to bolster efforts to prevent the looting of public resources. In his ruling, Justice Chacha Mwita held that some sections of the Public Audit Act 2015 were unconstitutional because they curtailed the powers of the Auditor General to audit how security organs spend the billions of shillings at their disposal.

The significance of the ruling will prove an important milestone in the quest to entrench transparency and accountability in the use of resources available to State agencies.