A court yesterday gave Kenyan citizens the right to get information on any public company. The decision was made by High Court Judge Mumbi Ngugi. Justice Mumbi however refused to give Nairobi Law Monthly magazine access to confidential information about a Kenya Electricity Generating Company contract. She said an application for access to such information can only be made by and granted to an individual and not a company. Mumbi said a company seeking confidential information on another company needs to justify the need for the disclosure. All is however not lost for the magazine because it...
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