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Freedom of Information and Records Management: Towards Effective e-Government Accountability Paradigm in Africa?
Abstract
The adoption of e-Government programmes in Africa have been occasioned by the desire to improve public service delivery and to further enhance the government-citizen relationship through provision of access to information. Key to e-Government is information- its creation, management, and uploading onto a defined platform; its consistent updating and archiving; and its access by citizens irrespective of their level of education, social standing, or geographical location. The main outcome of e-Government is enhanced accountability of the governance process. Accountability in e-Government is a value-add to the government-citizen relationship in that citizens become assured that government will account to them as collaborators in the governance process. The reality in Africa is that the adoption of e-Government on its own is unlikely to yield the needed accountability mechanism. This chapter argues that an e-Government programme in Africa, supported by Freedom of Information and records management will result in governance which is both accountable and integral.
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