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IntegrIty In government through records management anne thurston Integrity in government through records management essays in honour of anne thurston edited by James Lowry International Records Management Trust, UK and Justus wamukoya Moi University, Kenya © James Lowry and Justus wamukoya 2014 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. James Lowry and Justus wamukoya have asserted their right under the copyright, designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. Published by ashgate Publishing Limited ashgate Publishing company wey court east 110 cherry street union road suite 3-1 Farnham Burlington, vt 05401-3818 surrey, gu9 7Pt usa england www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Integrity in government through records management: essays in honour of anne thurston / edited by James Lowry and Justus wamukoya. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Public records – africa, sub-saharan – management. 2. Public records – developing countries – management. 3. government information – africa, sub- saharan – management. 4. government information – developing countries – management. 5. transparency in government – africa, sub-saharan. 6. transparency in government – developing countries. 7. Public administration – africa, sub- saharan. 8. Public administration – developing countries. I. Lowry, James, 1978– II. wamukoya, Justus, author, editor of compilation. III. thurston, anne, honoree. JQ1875.a55r456 2014 342.3’870967–dc23 2014015490 IsBn 9781472428455 (hbk) IsBn 9781472428462 (ebk-PdF) IsBn 9781472428479 (ebk-ePuB) V Printed in the united kingdom by henry Ling Limited, at the dorset Press, dorchester, dt1 1hd Contents List of Tables ix List of Contributors xi Foreword xxiii Sarah Tyacke Introduction: Integrity in Government through Records Management 1 James Lowry and Justus Wamukoya Part I thurston and the InternatIonal records ManageMent trust 1 Anne Thurston and Record-keeping Reform in Commonwealth Africa 13 Nathan Mnjama 2 Developing Training Resources for Records and Archives Management: Balancing Global Needs with Regional Realities 25 Laura Millar 3 Vital Records: The Importance of National Archives and Records Administrations to Governance and Civil Society in Sierra Leone 43 Sarah Demb 4 The Sierra Leone Teachers’ Records Management Improvement Programme 49 Andrew Griffin and Muniru Kawa Part II colonIal and Post-colonIal record-keePIng 5 Record-keeping for Good Governance and Accountability in the Colonial Office: An Historical Sketch 73 Mandy Banton 6 The Influence of the One Party Regime on Archives in Malawi: 1964 to 1994 85 Paul Lihoma vi Integrity in Government through Records Management 7 The Impact of Organisational Culture on Public Sector Records Management Reform 99 Peter Mazikana 8 Preserving and Accessing the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission Records: Challenges for the National Archives 111 Lekoko Kenosi Part III records, governance and transParency 9 Audit and Accountability in the Government of Ghana: A Records Management Perspective 127 Pino Akotia 10 The Protection of Land Rights: The Case of Land Records Management in Uganda 139 David Luyombya 11 The Importance of Records in the Right to Information 149 Kelvin Smith 12 Opening Government: Open Data and Access to Information 161 James Lowry Part Iv dIgItal records ManageMent and PreservatIon 13 Records Management and Governance in Africa in the Digital Age 173 Justus Wamukoya 14 The Prerequisites for Electronic Records Management in the Developing World: Lessons from Yemen and Kenya 183 Olav Hagen Sataslåtten 15 Trusted Digital Repositories and Developing Nations 189 Anthea Seles 16 Trust in Records and Data Online 203 Luciana Duranti and Corinne Rogers Contents vii Part v reflectIons 17 Education in Records and Archives Management: A View from London 217 Geoffrey Yeo, Elizabeth Shepherd and Andrew Flinn 18 ACARM’s Position in the Ever-changing World of Archives 225 Charles Farrugia 19 Enhancing Record-keeping Capacity in Developing Countries: Building the Bridges 237 John McDonald Tabula Gratulatoria 243 Index 249 This page has been left blank intentionally List of Tables 2.1 Structure of the MPSR programme training materials 32 2.2 Structure of the TERM project training materials 40 4.1 Teachers without PINs 63 10.1 Description of the population of study and their duties 141 10.2 Clients who inquired for information from the Land Office 141 18.1 Categories of membership in ICA 227
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