THE Ministry of Information and Media says in designing the Access to Information act, government did try to make it easier and less expensive to implement so the Human Rights Commission could remain the way it is. The ministry says the reasoning was that since the Commission already handles human rights complaints and access to information is also a right, it won’t need to expand its structures to implement the ATI law. On Tuesday, HRC Chairperson Dr Pamela Sambo said the Commission would need more office space and increased expertise to effectively carry out the functions of the Access to Information legislation. Dr Sambo said the Commission currently lacked the human and financial capacity to handle its functions under the...