THE Human Rights Commission says it will need more office space and increased expertise to effectively carry out the functions of the Access to Information legislation. And the Commission says the misconduct by certain police officers vindicates Inspector General of Police Graphel Musamba’s statement, referring to some officers as junkies. Speaking on Hot FM’s Hot Seat programme, Tuesday, HRC Chairperson Dr Pamela Sambo said the Commission currently lacked the human and financial capacity to handle its functions under the ATI law. “I’d say not be comfortable to say that we’re immediately ready to take on this function. Both commissioners and secretariat have been capacitated in relation to substantive provisions of the ATI. We still have a number of issues to...

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