Citizens have a ‘right to know’. This is the right for all citizens to receive any information that makes it possible to enjoy or protect their other rights, for example, the right to education and health.
All public entities, including county governments are required to make all public documents available and accessible to the public, by law. The Constitution of Kenya (2010), County Governments Act (2012), Public Finance Management Act (2012) and Access to Information Act (2016) – all agree on it.
County governments are required to proactively disclose most of the information they produce and citizens can also apply to obtain the information they seek from their county government.
