At the request of Namibia Media Trust (NMT), Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) provided comments and recommendations on Namibia’s Draft Access to Information Bill based on the draft Model Law on Access to Information for African Union Member States (the “AU Model Law”) and...
02 Jul 2020 The signing into law of the Freedom of Information Act as part of the processes of repealing the draconian and widely discredited Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) is a significant milestone in Zimbabwe’s law reforms agenda that should set...
A Policy Brief released by Africa Freedom of Information Centre on ''Advancing Digital Rights amidst COVID-19 in Uganda'', indicated that as the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases continue to soar, the government has been deliberate in embracing technology, including encouraging mobile money transactions, online engagements,...
Kampala, Uganda Leading Civil Society Organisations have implored the Uganda Electoral Commission to ensure citizens access to timely information on all electoral processes for the country’s presidential and general elections slated for February 2021. The call was made by the Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC), Human...
People need the information to make decisions on personal development, education of their children or health of mothers. They need information in order to influence policies and decisions of government on where more efforts are needed and when. Citizens need the information to limit the...
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda, like many countries around the world, has put in place a number of measures to respond to the prevention and control of the outbreak since it registered its first case on 21 March 2020. The response measures...
The need for accessing public information during crisis exists at every step, regardless of the severity it may have on the people. Governments often have vital information that members of the public need to make crucial decisions concerning their lives. Such information must, therefore, be...
In 2018, Nebbi district local government procured 331 Zeb heifers under Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) cattle restocking program. In one of the council meetings, district councilors made a malicious resolution for each councilor to receive a heifer under the pretext of creating a...
AFIC supported PPDA the successfully redesigned the Government Procurement Portal (GPP) and aligned it to Open Contracting Data Standards (OCDS); making Uganda the first African country to reach this fit. The website which went live in March 2019 was redesigned to accommodate the increased numbers...
Since the year 2018, AFIC has been training civil society organizations and community monitors on public contracts’ monitoring. Before AFIC's interventions, the phenomenon of contracts' monitoring was unheard of and no citizen could relate to contract information. Through continuous coaching and mentoring, citizens have been...
"If it wasn't for AFIC, I wouldn't be here as an Information Officer. The skills and knowledge of ATI and Open Contracting that I acquired through AFIC training while I was still in active journalism helps me every day in executing my duties. Through those...
Access to information is one of the keys to democracy. When people seek and receive public documents, they can use them as critical tools for fighting corruption. Citizens equipped with information can exercise their fundamental human rights by participating in the demand for accountability and...
Kaduna, is the 18th state of Federal republic of Nigeria located in the north, its capital is Kaduna, usually the state is referred to as Kaduna State to distinguish it from the state capital, the state is in Northwest Nigeria. Its capital is Kaduna. it is ranked 4th by land area and 3rd by population...
International human rights law guarantees everyone the right to the highest attainable standard of health and obligates governments to take steps to prevent threats to public health and to provide medical care to those who need it. The Siracusa Principles, adopted by the UN Economic and...
Education, Armed conflicts, forced displacement, climate change-induced disasters and protracted crises have disrupted the education of 75 million children and youth globally. And that number is growing in an unprecedented way with the spread of COVID-19. Education has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19...
The outbreak of coronavirus and the disease causes created anxiety, fear, and confusion. These are not misplaced. Hundreds of thousands have been infected while tens of thousands have lost their lives. Jobs have been lost, economies are breading and health infrastructure is overstretched. Africa Freedom...
AFIC has developed an interactive COVID19 tracker to promote access to information on this pandemic. The tracker provides real-time updates on the number of confirmed cases, fatalities and recoveries of COVID19. It also provides a predictive model for the projected number of cases over the...
On this day, the 18th of March, 2020, Africa Freedom of Information Centre has received yet more support and entered into an agreement with the Democratic Governance Facility to implement a two-year project titled, ''Enhancing Value for Money in Social Services through Open Contracting and...
People need the information to make decisions on personal development, education of their children or health of mothers. They need information in order to influence policies and decisions of government on where more efforts are needed and when. Citizens need the information to limit the...
Africa Freedom of Information Centre and the Hub for Investigative Media conducted an assessment on the status of implementation of the Access to Information Act 2005 in Uganda. A shadow report was presented to the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda....
