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Haswel Bandawe
Haswel Bandawe
7 years ago

The Access to Infirmation(ATI) Act is one of the pillars of democratic governance. Retrospect use of it is absolutely essential. It must be remembered that there has been systematic abuses of power by successive Governments since Independece. As a country, we can only learn from the mistakes made over the years in order to avoid making repeating them. The nation will live on; governments come and go. It is unfortunate that short-sighted selfish considerations of those currently in power want to deny the present and future generations the right to know how their country was governed at different times before… Read more »

James
James
7 years ago

I think paying for the information is good. Maybe the anticipate price we should be worried about.

VYOTO
VYOTO
7 years ago

Kuzolowela ma 10% a Mota Engil eti? This DPP Government of the professor president is in total shambles.The ATI bill has been one of the conditions for the Development Partners(DPs) or Donors to resume their Aids taps yet the manner and lack of seriousness that the Peter Muthalika administration has handled the ATI bill is quite regrettable.Our own Govt is against our own interests?Both Peter and Atupele used to tell their illiterate brothers, sisters and cousins that once JB is voted out of Govt, they will bring back the DPs .Now that they are in Govt, their administration is failing… Read more »

John Black
7 years ago

MPs have the right to amendment. This means they can change a bill before passing it into law. IN this case they should simply revert the bill to its unadultered state and pass it into law. It is their constitutional right! (and it conforms to our constitutional right to information!)

Bwana
Bwana
7 years ago

Inu a DPP ngati mukuona kuti kuyendetsa boma kwavuta – it’s too hot inside – just move out. Nobody will miss afterall the downward spiral and misery you have caused to us the genuine citizens

Ben
Ben
7 years ago

To be honest government is indeed run by opposition this time around. kunakakhala kulibe ana amenewa ku mcp and pp zinthuzi amalawi anakalankhula kumbali yathu ndi ndani?? zikomo kwambiri mcp

ANALYST
ANALYST
7 years ago

This is exactly what this mafia DPP government wanted – to “adulterate” the Bill, then refer it to the relevant committee so that they start a “second phase” of playing hide-and-seek with the bill! If we have this Bill back in parliament within the next year or so, we will be very lucky as a nation! Cry my beloved nation

tsetsefly
tsetsefly
7 years ago

We are watching and following the deliberations. Anything that comes out and that has potential to infringe any rights to access to information will be met with severe resistance. Those agitating for such infringements must wear thick skin because we will not accept any inch of adulteration of laws on access to information.

Buyelekhaya
Buyelekhaya
7 years ago

Boma la DPP limadziwa bwino lomwe kuti biloyi ikapita ku nyumba yamalamulo ikathilidwa madzi ozizira. Zomwe ankafuna zachitika! Paja tisaiwale kuti wina adanena kuti tidikire 2024! Lero ndi izi!

Mwangonde
Mwangonde
7 years ago

Africans are stupid people. They want everything for free. There is no free lunch. There is nothing like free something. Stop that retrogressive mentality. You want good services but you don’t want to pay for those services. So, who is going to provide those services? Who is going to incur the costs involved in providing that information? Are you going to bear those costs, I mean you miserable looking faces in the pic above? At least now I can get government information easily as long as I have a little something to pay for the services of those who will… Read more »

Thinktank
Thinktank
7 years ago
Reply to  Mwangonde

To pay for right to information? That’s nonsense! That’s a ploy to make it difficult for those seeking to see how public officials are conducting people’s business

Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo
7 years ago
Reply to  Mwangonde

I have never seen a more myopic reasoning than Mr Mwangonde’s. Are you aware that all Malawians pay taxes? Much as it is the duty of Malawian citizens to pay taxes, it is also the duty of their government to provide information to its citizens without impediments. The government is accountable to its people and accountability cannot flourish in the face of obstructions to information. In your reasoning, it is okay for Malawians to pay to have access to information while their president does not pay taxes despite having everything provided for for free.

Mwangonde
Mwangonde
7 years ago
Reply to  Charlie Hebdo

This is the stupidity I talked about. The presidency did not choose not to pay tax. You stupid Malawians constitutionalized it that the presidency should not be paying tax. And today you are crying that the presidency does not pay tax. Total stupidity!

Mind you, it will be rich institutions like The Daily Times, National Newspaper, etc who will often need that information and not poor villagers. Poor villages don’t care about that information as long as there is improvements in their lives.

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