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Access to information
The Constitution and the Access to Information Act give people rights to access information held by the State and some other bodies — subject to lawful limitations.
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Your right in brief
Article 35 — Access to information（https://www.citizenguide.ke/constitution/article/35） protects access to information held by the State. It sits within Chapter 4 — The Bill of Rights（https://www.citizenguide.ke/constitution/chapter/4）. The Access to Information Act sets out procedures, timelines and exemptions in more detail — see Acts of Parliament（https://www.citizenguide.ke/legislation/acts）.
This page is a plain-language overview. It is not legal advice.
Before you make a formal request
Check whether the information is already published (websites, Gazette, open data portals, budget documents)
Identify the public body that holds the information
Be as specific as you can about what you need
Our open data（https://www.citizenguide.ke/open-data） and documents（https://www.citizenguide.ke/documents） pages may help for some civic datasets and policy papers.
Making a request
Requests are usually made in writing to the public entity that holds the information, following that entity’s published access to information procedures where available.