Access to Information bill long over due

For the media to perform its roles to professional standards, it is important for it to have access to information. Unfortunately, for the case of Rwanda, other than the brief provision in the constitution and the law governing the press, it does not have an independent, detailed and separate freedom of information act. Media experts have continuously argued that for the media to perform the information and watchdog roles it is important for it to have access to information. Public officials routinely deny information to the media especially the privately owned media that often plays the watchdog role.