The culture of secrecy is still embedded in public officials especially in the central government as opposed to Local Government despite improvement in service delivery and access to information, a recent study has revealed.
A study which was conducted by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Tanzania Chapter with support from the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) aimed at looking at Access to Information in Local Government Authorities (LGAs) and Central Government offices in Tanzania. The LGAs were represented by the City and Municipal Councils and the Central Government was represented by the Regional Commissioners’ Offices.
This study wished to find out how central government and local government authorities are transparent and accountable to citizens. The study also strived to find out how the general public do/can access information in public offices.
Practical experience from Journalists who conducted the study shows that there is an improvement in service delivery and access to information in some of the public offices especially in Local Government as opposed to Central Government.
However, they say laxity among public servants is still a big problem in public service. “If you received someone’s documents, while would you say you can’t see them just a week later?” questions Haika Kimaro, Mwananchi Correspondent in Mtwara.
Similar sentiments were echoed by George Binagi, a Radio Journalist in Mwanza. “I submitted my questions in writing to the Regional Commissioner’s Office. I went back 10 days after and yet I did not get the answers , they looked for my letter and they never saw it” .
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