THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION BILL, 2023
MEMORANDUM
The objects of this Bill are to—
(a) designate the Human Rights Commission as an oversight
institution on matters relating to access to information;
(b) provide for the right to access information and its
limitations;
(c) provide for procedures for processing requests for
information;
(d) give effect to the right to access information as guaranteed
in the United Nations Convention against Corruption
and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights;
and