Kwenye Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit iliyofanyika Brazil April 2012, Rais Kikwete alisema "I promise that we will do our best to live up to the expectations of this partnership to promote transparency and accountability of our government to the people of Tanzania. I wish to reaffirm that our political will to achieve the OGP goals will not falter because open government is at the heart of the contract between state and citizens."
Kwenye Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit iliyofanyika London mwaka 2013, Rais Kikwete alifanya mahojiano Oktoba 31 ambapo alisema "We are now working on enacting a freedom of information law. By April next year, the parliament will enact this bill, giving the common citizen the right to have information from government."
Akaongeza kuwa "If people want information on how medicines are distributed, if people want information on budgets for their primary school, they should have the right to that information. If people want information on when they will get water supply, they should have that right. When people ask for this information, they should not be seen as trying to venture into areas which are not theirs." Sikiliza
hapa kuanzia dakika ya 8.40.
Ukisoma
Tanzania Open Government Partnership (OGP) Second National Action Plan 2014/15 - 2015/16 inasema kuwa
"at the OGP London Summit in October 2013, H.E. President Dr. Jakaya M. Kikwete made a public commitment to enact Access to information law. Progress is being made on this, including the preparation of a paper by the Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs proposing a Freedom of Information Act."
Kwa hiyo, inaonekana ahadi aliyoitoa mwaka 2013 kuwa mswada huo ungefikishwa bungeni na kupitishwa kuwa sheria April 2014 haijatimizwa. Linganisha na aliyekuwa Waziri Mkuu wa Uingereza, Tony Blair ambaye mwaka 1997 alitoa ahadi ya kuwa na sheria kama hii na ikatungwa mwaka 2000 as
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Halafu nimesoma Kiwete's Twitter account has been deactivated.
President Kikwete led the pack with more than 233,000 followers, says
Maxence Melo, the founder of Jamii Forum and a digital security expert. Sababu za account kuwa deactivated, hazijulikani.
Kuna makala moja ya Ben Taylor iliyochapishwa The Guardian mwaka 2013 ambapo alikuwa skeptical mapema kabisa akidai kuwa
"Bold commitments were made by President Kikwete on the first day of the partnership summit. But, as experience shows, civil society would be wise not to start celebrating just yet".
Kwa hiyo, bado tuna njia ndefu. Kama alivyosema Taylor kwenye makala yake, "
How does the government reconcile the suspension of three newspapers and the prime minister's exhortation in parliament for t
he police to "beat" protesters with Tanzania's commitment to open government? Open government means much more than delivering on a list of technical actions. It involves a change of mindset and a different approach to how government works.
I sense that there is a struggle going on within government. Some ministers and officials support the open government ideal, others couldn't care less. As is usually the case, in parts of government where there is more support, where individual politicians or civil servants have been willing to push, there has been quicker progress."
Mwanahabari Badra Masoud ambae
The Boss anamzungumzia ni msemaji wa Wizara ya Nishati na madini. inawezekana ameona mengi, but as a civil servant amekuwa willing to push for transparency within his ministry au wizara nyingine alizowahi kufanya kazi?
Siwezi kujua lakini utafiti wa haraka haraka unaonyesha kuwa wizara alipo sasa ni member wa JF aka
Nishati na Madini. Inawezekana labda yeye ndiye aliyekuja na pendekezo kwa wizara kuwa member wa JF which is a great idea, of course. Lakini pamoja na mazagazaga kibao yanayotokea ndani ya wizara hiyo ni mara ngapi wamekuwa wakiweka habari zao hata hapa JF?
Nishati na Madini ilijiunga na JF 18th May 2013. So far imeshaweka posts 11, post ya mwisho ikiwa 15t July 2013, 15:54. Moja ya thread yake ni
https://www.jamiiforums.com/jukwaa-...na-mtwara-na-lindi-inavyonufaika-na-gesi.html.
Lakini sidhani kama struggle anayoingelea Taylor ipo ndani ya serikali tuu. Ipo pia ndani ya wananchi kama ilivyoonyeshwa baada ya kufungiwa kwa gazeti la East African. Lakini jambo la msingi ni kuwa wananchi wengi hawajui haki zao, zikiwemo zile za msingi. Wananchi wengi hawazifahamu haki za binadamu. On the other hand, it is possible that hata kama wakijua haki zao, inaweza kuwa ngumu kuzi-enforce. Hawana resources wala watu wa kuwasaidia.
It is good to have a freedom of information legislation. However, how this legislation will be implemented is entirely a different matter. Utaandika barua ya kuomba info fulani utasubiri majibu mpaka utachoka.