The Access to Information
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access
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Bill,2015
to information and protection of personal
(0 hear and determine complaints and review
decisions arising from violations of the right to
access to information;
(g) promote protection of data as provided for under
this Act or the Constitution; and
(h) perform such other functions as the Commission
may consider necessary for the promotion of
access to information and promotion of data
protection.
(2) The Commission shall have all the powers as are
provided for under this Act, its constitutive Act and the
Constitution as are necessary for the performance of its
functions under this Act.
(3) The decisions of the Commission shall be binding
on the national and county governments.
(l)
A person wishing to lodge a complaint under
this Act shall do so orally or in writing to the secretary or
such other person as may be duly authorized by the
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Commission for that purpose.
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(2) A complaint lodged under subsection (1) shall be
such form and contain such particulars as the
Commission may, from time to time, prescribe.
(3) Upon receipt of a complaint under subsection (1),
the Commission may-
(a) call for information or a report regarding such
complaint from the public entity or any other body
within such reasonable time as may be specified
by the Commission and-
(i) if the information or report called for is not
received within the time stipulated
by the
Commission, the Commission may proceed to
inquire into the complaint without such
information or report; and
(ii) if on receipt of the information or report the
Commission is satisfied either that no further
action is required or that the required action
has been initiated by the public entity, the
Inquiry into
complaints.