{"id":61683,"date":"2024-01-18T17:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T17:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/regulations-for-information-commissioners-office-await-na-approval"},"modified":"2024-01-18T17:59:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T17:59:27","slug":"regulations-for-information-commissioners-office-await-na-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/regulations-for-information-commissioners-office-await-na-approval","title":{"rendered":"Regulations for information commissioner\u2019s office await NA approval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>for the information commissioner\u2019s office, which will implement the Access to Information Act, have already been formulated and now await the National Assembly\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe regulations have been done. We are waiting for the National Assembly to reconvene, hopefully, sometime in January, so the regulations go through the National Assembly for approval,\u201d information executive director Audrin Mathe has said.<\/p>\n

He, however, hastened to say the ministry is not required to send the draft regulations to the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur feeling is that the information commissioner is an independent institution that requires a buy-in from all the stakeholders. That is why the minister [Peya Mushelanga] is of the feeling that he must take it to the National Assembly,\u201d Mathe explained in an interview with New Era on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Mathe continued: \u201cOnce that has been done, the positions of the information commissioner [and] the two deputies will then be advertised and recruitment will be concluded because the timelines are already stated in the law. So once that is completed, then the office of the information commissioner is ready to roll out. Once the appointment has been made, we no longer have anything to do with them… they\u2019ll have to draw up a structure and do the recruitment themselves. We wash our hands at that point.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the current financial year, N$20 million has been set aside for implementation.<\/p>\n

Mathe said in a previous interview this office is part of the government\u2019s HPP (Harambe Prosperity Plan), \u201cwhere we say governance is one of the pillars that will underpin our next steps. That means any person in the country will have the right to access information that is in the possession of any institution \u2013 private or government [owned]. I think there is a misconception that this is only targeting government [entities]\u201d.<\/p>\n

He was quick to point out that in exceptional cases, such as privileged information between legal practitioners and their clients, confidential Cabinet documents or security information may not be accessed, even in the face of the Access to Information law. \u201cOne of the reasons cited was the absence of access to information law. But now that the law is there; hopefully, our rankings will go back to where it was \u2013 perhaps even higher \u2013 globally,\u201d the ED stated emphatically.<\/p>\n

Clarification<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a New Era article titled \u201cN$100 mil digitisation dream gains momentum\u201d published on Wednesday indicated that it would cost around N$100 million over the next three years to fully implement Namibia\u2019s digital strategy.<\/p>\n

However, the ministry clarified yesterday that the N$100 million was limited to the rollout and erection of connectivity towers in areas where network operators do not deem commercially viable but where Namibians need such services. \u201cThe N$100 million the executive director referred to was to build towers in areas where mobile operators might not deem it commercially viable to ensure that the communities are connected. This also compliments Namibia\u2019s digitalisation dream,\u201d MICT spokesperson Shoki Kandjimi clarified.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. for the information commissioner\u2019s office, which will implement the Access to Information Act, have already been formulated and now await the National Assembly\u2019s endorsement. \u201cThe regulations have been done. 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