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The importance of adherence, to information ethics in provision of legal information services and resources in Kenya.
Introduction
Information ethics in Kenya is a young academic field. Less information get published on the role that Kenya can play in thinking about the challenges arising from the impact of Information Communication Technology on African societies and cultures. Most research on Information Communication Technology from an ethical perspective takes its departure from Western philosophy. When publishing data in Kenya, it is vital to consider the rights and responsibilities an individual has with regard to issues of confidentiality (Moore 107).
Ethical principles in Kenya help to create pleasant mutual relationships. Compliance or adherence to ethical principles on a voluntary and cooperative basis creates harmony and teamwork in a work environment that can result in high productivity. Information ethics in Kenya is based on respect for human dignity, freedom of expression, freedom of access to information as envisaged in the Kenya Constitution 2010 on Chapter IV on Bill of Rights, information wrongdoings, information corruption, information injustice (Moore 200).

Discussion
Importance of code of ethics
It Prevents unjust treatment since wrongdoing is common in all societies. In Kenya for example, since free education got dispensed, funds to provide education and information facilities got mismanaged, however, with the right ethics and legal issues corruption cases will decrease with time. Dissemination of information will become easier when primary school children will get provided for with laptops.
Information ethics and legal issues promote integrity for everyone in the Kenyan society. It helps promote honesty for everyone because people will adhere and want to do good to fellow citizens in the information industry. For example, in Kenya media houses get required to report sensitive information responsibly, not to destabilize the society. During the violence that followed after the 2007 elections, that was said to have got influenced greatly by information displayed in the media. Also, recently in the coverage of Westgate Shopping Mall attack the media got accused of airing some uncensored content, journalists have taken caution to disseminate information.
It brings out the best in Individuals and hence Individuals will attempt to get a better environment due to good information code of ethics and legal issues in place. In Kenya, the Copyrights Commission has become vigilant to ensure that the code of ethics gets applied in the publishing industry. They carry search in all information disseminating areas to have a look if all the information sources being sold are legally allowed.
A good code of information ethics makes people in a society socially responsible for the information they put around them and the information they encourage the society to share. For example, Kenya has seen various books and films get banned because they do not promote information code of ethics legally. Kenyans have also helped in community policing by providing information to the authority to weed out harmful information in their neighborhoods
Information ethics and legal issues will bring out excellence and higher standards in everybody and allow the traditions to function better. In Kenya, some newspapers and magazines being published are of good quality because they have to pass through internal mechanisms (editors) of vetting information before it is released to the public. Hence, people in the society cannot access information publicly that has not been vetted.
In Kenya, measures have been put in place by network service providers such as Safaricom and Zain to filter information that Kenyans are accessing and forwarding to each other. Social networking sites have a large number of users in Kenya and hence users are careful to post appropriate stuff on their web accounts lest they get charged.
Information and communication technology can, certainly, contribute to the goal of sharing knowledge in Kenya and Africa. Building the information and shared knowledge society will contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals to improve quality of life and eradicate poverty by creating opportunities to access, utilize and share information and knowledge. There is a need to promote general ICT diffusion and raise awareness and appreciation as well as e-literacy among our populations, especially among children and youth. (Moore 180)
Information code of ethics is needed in information centers in order to define accepted or acceptable behaviors, Provide high standards of practice, provide the benchmark for members to use in self evaluation, establish a framework for professional behavior and responsibility. It acts as a vehicle for occupational identity and a mark of occupational maturity (Tavan 2004).
Conclusion
Certain technologies such as the cellular phone might more readily and efficiently get developed in Kenya and can contribute, for example, to the dissemination of medical information in remote areas. In order to avoid the digital gap within African societies, African governments could democratize telecommunications to ensure access for the most disadvantaged people. Information ethics matters, politically, socially and academically (Tavan 97).
There is no such thing as a morally neutral technology. This is not to say just that technology can get used and misused, but to express the deeper insight that all technologies create new ways of being. They influence our relationships with one another; they shape, in a more or less radical way, our institutions, our economies, and our moral values. This is why we should focus on information technology primarily from an ethical perspective. It is up to the African people and their leaders to question how to transform their lives by these technologies. African educational and research institutions should also reflect critically on these issues.

Works cited Moore, Amy. Information Ethics: Privacy, Property and Power. New York: University of Washington Press, 2005. Print
Tavan, Harris. Ethics and Technology: Ethical Issues in an age of Information and Communication Technology. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2004. Print