THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) says the Access to Information (ATI) law is not perfect, but it is a good start. President Hakainde Hichilema recently signed the ATI Bill into law and mandated the commission to provide oversight on its implementation. Commenting on this in an interview, Thursday, HRC Spokesperson Mwelwa Muleya said what was important was that the law was finally in place and it could be refined in future after being tested. “The law can be refined, let’s deal with what we have at the moment, let’s test it then when we see that there are challenges, those challenges are going to be brought to the attention of stakeholders. When people see that these are legitimate challenges, definitely...

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