ACCESS TO INFORMATION:Most public servants do not know they are legally obliged to release information-Twaweza Report

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It has been almost 15 years since Uganda adopted the access to Information (ATI) Act (2005). The ATI act empowers citizens to scrutinize government decisions and hold public officials accountable, while also protecting whistleblowers. Twaweza East Africa, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with a regional presence in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania recently conducted a survey titled “Between p