The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of leadership and political will towards successful implementation of an access to information (ATI) legislation.,The paper adopted a mixed methods approach with a bias towards a quantitative survey, complemented by a qualitative follow-up and triangulation during data collection. A complement of theoretical models underpinned the paper, thus enhancing understanding of the multifaceted phenomenon of ATI.,The paper revealed that the state has demonstrated leadership and political will for ATI by developing government-wide records management manual for public entities; developing an ATI implementation action plan and availing resources for ATI. However, there is need to review laws that perpetuate secrecy; formulate regulations to operationalize the Act and allocate adequate finances for ATI activities.,The paper focused on assessing the extent of leadership and political will on the executive arm of the government excluding the Judiciary and the legislature.,The paper proposes an ATI implementation roadmap, which can be adopted by other countries with comparable contexts.,The proposed action plan if adopted will result in an informed citizenry that understands and leverages ATI to claim their socio-economic rights.,The paper provides empirical evidence on some aspects of leadership such as the ministries with ATI policy; level of engagement of policy-makers in ATI matters and the availability of resources for ATI. Further, the paper adopted a multidisciplinary approach by including the concept of ‘meaningful engagement’ whose theoretical foundation is in law to the concept of access to information.

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在肯尼亚实施信息获取（ATI）法（2016）的领导力和政治意愿

本文的目的是展示领导力和政治意愿对成功实施信息获取（ATI）立法的重要性。本文采用了一种混合方法，偏向于定量调查，并辅以定性研究，收集数据时进行三角剖分。论文以理论模型为基础，从而增强了人们对ATI多面现象的理解。论文表明，国家通过为公共实体制定政府范围的记录管理手册，显示了ATI的领导能力和政治意愿。制定ATI实施行动计划并为ATI利用资源。但是，有必要审查永久保密的法律。制定法规以实施该法案并为ATI活动分配足够的资金。本文着重评估政府执行机构（不包括司法机构和立法机关）的领导和政治意愿的程度。本文提出了ATI实施路线图，可以被其他具有类似背景的国家采用。拟议的行动计划如果获得采用，将导致一个知情的公民了解并利用ATI主张其社会经济权利。本文为领导力的某些方面提供了实证，例如具有ATI政策的政府部门；决策者对ATI事务的参与程度以及ATI的资源可用性。进一步，