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19 May 2011
After years of delay, the Ugandan government has decided to issue rules to operationalize the 2005 Access to Information Act.
The regulations have not yet been made public, but the promise that they will be “gazetted” has been made by…
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8 April 2011
A U.S. environmental group and partners in Africa have begun an effort to request environmental-related information from the governments of Ghana, Uganda and South Africa, and hope to find new strategies to promote freedom of information reform.
The project was…
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21 April 2009
In 2006, a case was brought to the Inspections Panel over the controversial West African Gas Pipeline Project. The list of disclosure-related allegations was extensive. According to the complainants, although West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) periodically consulted landowners, other…
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22 March 2006
By Toby McIntosh
Riding a wave of transparency, the idea of encouraging Freedom of Information (FOI) laws as part of the development agenda is gaining currency, but slowly.
With research and case studies increasingly identifying transparency as a key tool…
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31 January 2003
The World Bank has rejected requests to disclose several key documents concerning the controversial $1.1 billion Nam Theun 2 hydropower project in Laos.
The documents — the "power purchase agreement" and the "concession agreement" — must stay private, the Bank…
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22 November 2002
Ugandan Judge Orders Release of Key Document on Bujagali Dam. Relying on the open government clause of the Ugandan constitution, a top Ugandan judge Nov. 12 ordered the release of a key document about a controversial dam project that the…
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26 July 2002
The Ugandan High Court will listen to arguments Aug. 22 to decide whether a contract document for the proposed Bujagali Dam should be released to the public.
Neither the Ugandan government, nor the dam project’s sponsor, AES Nile Power, a…
