The Media Coalition on Right to Information, RTI, and the RTI Coalition have described as unacceptable the lackadaisical attitude of MPs towards the RTI Bill.
In a statement, the joint coalition say the indifference from the MPs constitutes a deliberate strategy to once frustrate the passage of the Bill into law.
It says ever since parliament returned from recess, more than 200 MPs are consistently absent from the Chamber anytime the RTI Bill is up for consideration.
The coalitions noted that Parliament has sat on Monday’s, weekends and sometimes late into the night just to pass some laws and to approve of loan agreements.
Therefore, the ongoing absenteeism anytime the RTI Bill is up for consideration is unacceptable.
This bad practice, the statement said, is giving credence to public suspicion that a high number of MPs are against the passage of the RTI Bill but do not want to openly say so.
