Information sharing: Government now operating in a more democratic environment

Joe Mucheru, CS, Ministry of ICT, Kenya [photo courtesy]

The Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) has commissioned a Task Force to study the status of Government communication function. The Task Force is expected to make recommendations on how to revamp and strengthen the institutional and operational foundations of information and Public Communications in Government.

The Task Force couldn’t have been commissioned at a more opportune time. The Government is now operating in a more democratic and open political environment than it did 20 years ago. It now operates under a constitutional order that states every citizen has the right of access to information held by the State; and that the State shall publish and publicise any important information affecting the nation.