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It's #Day14 and the last day of #AccessUgInfo Campaign.
We are asking you to share your experience with us of some of the challenges or successes you have encountered in accessing information from any public office and how you had to go about it!
You can seek legal redress from court if you are denied access to information by a public officer.
Broadcasters are at the helm of interfacing with record holders and sometimes get threatened or abused for trying to seek for information on behalf of the public #AccessUgInfo
Its #Day13 of the #AccessUgInfo Campaign.
According to National IT Survey 2017/18; conducted by @NITAUganda1, only 65.3% of all households owned a radio at home, 21.8% of all households owned a TV, while 27.3% of all households subscribed to Pay TV.
Use of digital equipments in accessing & making copies of desired information ensures wider circulation and #accessibility by the citizen!
The more people access information, the wider the knowledge base on the issues being sought after! #AccessUgInfo
If an officer tells you that the information you are seeking is not in his docket, he/she is supposed to use FORM 5 (in picture) to make official reference to the relevant office.
This is proof of official transfer of responsibility and leu of access to records. #AccessUgInfo
Where an officer cannot provide records in electronic form; the information officer shall give reasons why the record could not be availed in electronic form; and the record shall be provided in a format in which it can be utilised by the person requesting it. #AccessUgInfo
Access to Info Regulation 2011; illiteracy or disability is not an excuse to deny one access to info.
3 (8) The information officer shall not refuse to grant a request for access to record based solely on the ground that the request was not in the prescribed form. #AccessUgInfo
Good morning; welcome to the #AccessUgInfo Campaign #Day10.
Did you know Access to Information Regulation 2011; empowers you to request for information from any public office electronically? We shall be guiding you through how that is possible!
Access to Records: 3 (4) The request shall contain a sufficient description of the record to which a person is requesting access
(5) Where the request does not contain sufficient description, you'll be asked to provide further details so as to facilitate disclosure #AccessUgInfo
Requesting Access to Records: Did you know that where the requester is unable to provide the details requested; the information officer or an authorised officer shall, so far as possible, assist the requester to provide the necessary details? #AccessUgInfo#Accessibility
Access to Records: 3 (3) The form referred to in sub-regulation (1), shall be obtained from the public body which is in possession of the record to which a person is seeking access.
NB: Don't write a letter, use the correct form which is always found at the registry #AccessUgIfo
Good morning its #Day9 of the #AccessUgInfo campaign.
Did you know in 2015, the gov't came up with an initiative requiring all Radio & TV stations to offer 1 hour a week "Public Education Airtime" at prime time to sensitise the public on service delivery & development issues?
Access to adequate and reliable #data is still a challenge especially to upcountry journalists. This is coupled with poor IT Infrastructure and low technical know how to navigate, analyse and use data to drive their work. #AccessUgInfo#WPFD2021UG#WorldPressFreedomDay
Have you ever received any public service message? #uConnect platform enables government entities to push SMS notifications to citizens through an SMS Gateway, deploy USSD services, Interactive Voice Response Systems, Voice Broadcasts and Location Based Services. #AccessUgInfo
Upon this #WPFD2021 how can journalists utilise social media tools to enhance circulation of accurate information in their news stories to the audience? #AccessUgInfo
What you read in newspapers, magazines, read or watch online, listen on radios are finished products of excellent journalistic work. However, such platforms may be gagged with fake news which needs other tools to track down. #AccessUgInfo#WPFD2021#WorldPressFreedomDay
It's 3rd May & it's #WPFD2021 The day is not only for the press/journalists but for all who consume their services through different mediums.
Pressmen are the lead advocates for you to receive accurate & balanced information. #AccessUgInfo