MISA Botswana celebrates Right To Information Day
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Once again, the Department of Information Services was named the most secretive public institution in Botswana while the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) scooped the most open public institution.
The aim of the survey was to assess the level of transparency in government and public institutions in the country. Other government institutions which were surveyed this year include, the Ministry of Education & Skills Development, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, Ministry of Lands and Housing and Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources.
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...