After more than 20 years of waiting, Zambia has set the ball rolling in facilitating freedom for media and the public in accessing vital information on governance after it actualized the operations of the Access to Information Law. Having been an advocacy tool for championing the voices of the people after
Tag: access to information
Zambia enacts Access to Information law
In what appeared too true to be true, Zambia has assented and enacted the Freedom of Information Bill into law, more than 20 years since the campaigners kick-stated the lobby to have the freedom to report-truthfully-factually. Over the years, various players including the Law Association of Zambia, various living and deceased
Zambia nods ATI as campaigners lie in wait for enactment
After a 21-year-lull, advocates for the access to Information Bill can now sigh with relief after the Zambian Government committed to pushing the much heralded pledge into law-enhancing press and citizen’s unwavering freedom to information amid misinformation, disinformation and the emerging digital media. Zambia’s cabinet had during a meeting it held
ATI law in Zambia, a mystery?
Interest groups in Zambia have dropped their ' 'chins in disbelief'' by the authorities’ delay to enact the much touted Access to Information Bill into law, 21-years-after-a harsh reality on press freedom and abrogation of civil liberties of the citizens. Zambia’s fight for a law to provide latitude for citizens to
Zambia’s CSOs irked by belated ATI enactment
The Civil Society in Zambia have raised eyebrows over delays by the Zambia’s Government to enact the Access to Information Bill into law as it impedes media and public freedoms, a key tenet in a democracy. The 24-member coalition argues that despite repeated assurances by the ruling United Party for National
We’ll support ATI Law: Zambian lawmakers
Lawmakers in Zambia have given thumbs up over the stakeholders relentless quest to push for the enactment of the Access To Information (ATI) Bill into law this year and will render support as espoused under democratic tenets. Since 2002, media practitioners and other interest groups-donors alike have joined hands into pushing
Zambia to expedite access to information law
Zambia’s quest to enact the ‘belated’ Access To Information (ATI) Bill has inched closer after the Government reaffirmed its commitment to actualize it into law, premised on practitioners being responsible and accountable to their role as fourth estate. Last year, Information and media minister Ms. Chushi Kasanda had assured various stakeholders