Great email, Ish!
Good on you for demanding and following up on what should be public
information. It is a citizen's right and a governing body's duty. Please
keep us posted on any updates - or lack thereof.
Best,
Elizabeth
On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 9:43 PM, Ish Sookun <ish_at_hacklog.mu> wrote:
> Dear Mr Bhadain,
>
> I tried to obtain your email address from the National Legislative
> Assembly but in vain. I finally obtained the email on the website
> roshibhadain.com.
>
> I am writing to you as my previous attempts at obtaining ICT Authority
> annual reports for the years 2012, 2013 & 2014 have been futile.
>
> On 20 September 2015, I asked [1] Mr Benjamin Moutou, the Director of
> Marketing & Communications, ICTA, about the missing ICT Authority annual
> reports of 2012, 2013 and 2014. Mr Moutou replied:
>
> "Please be informed that the Annual Reports 12-13-14 have all been
> sent to the relevant institutions as per the statutory obligations."
>
> On 21 October 2015, I requested Mr Avinash Meetoo, Chairman of the ICT
> Advisory Council, whether the council could obtain the reports. Mr
> Meetoo considered my request and forwarded it to the Ministry. We did
> not receive any reply.
>
> On 19 November 2015, I questioned [2] Mr Jugdish Dev Phokeer, Permanent
> Secretary of the Ministry of Technology, Communication & Innovation
> whether it is a problem for the Ministry to make the annual reports of
> the ICTA Authority public. I did not receive any reply.
>
> On 2 December 2015, I emailed [3] Mr Pravind Jugnauth, Mr Yogida
> Sawmynaden and Mrs Leela Devi Luchoomun Dookun, members of the National
> Legislative Assembly from my constituency, asking for their help in the
> matter. I did not receive any reply.
>
> On 13 December 2015, following a workshop on the Freedom of Information
> Act, Mr Moonesamy emailed [4] Mr Jadunundun, board member of the ICT
> Authority, and explained the difficulties we're encountering to obtain a
> copy of the reports. Unfortunately before the discussion could bear its
> fruit, Mr Jadunundun decided to leave [5] with a sulking face.
>
> That leaves us with four months of struggle to get the reports.
>
> I decided to contact you on the matter because you are the Minister of
> Technology, Communication & Innovation and this matter involves your
> Ministry. I have seen your recent struggle and hard work in realizing
> the Good Governance and Integrity Reporting Act. I thus believe you will
> understand my struggle.
>
> Mauritius suffers from several ICT related problems, among which, one is
> that of slow internet. The lack of publicly accessible information makes
> it very difficult to study and analyze the causes. The annual reports of
> the ICT Authority are very important as they give an overview of the
> projects, activities, achievements of the authority during the past
> three years. It will also give an insight on what has been done to
> tackle the problems.
>
> I request your help in this matter and I hope the reports could be
> released at its earliest.
>
> For the sake of transparency, I am copying this email to the Mauritius
> Internet Users list and to the persons I mentioned in this email.
>
> As a disclosure, I am a member of the ICT Advisory Council and I work
> for La Sentinelle.
>
> [1]
> http://lists.elandnews.com/archive/mauritius/internet-users/2015/10/3774.html
> [2]
> http://lists.elandnews.com/archive/mauritius/internet-users/2015/11/4172.html
> [3]
> http://lists.elandnews.com/archive/mauritius/internet-users/2015/12/4267.html
> [4]
> http://lists.elandnews.com/archive/mauritius/internet-users/2015/12/4391.html
> [5]
> http://lists.elandnews.com/archive/mauritius/internet-users/2015/12/4446.html
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Ish Sookun
>
> - Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
> - I blog at HACKLOG.mu.
>
> https://twitter.com/IshSookun ^^ Do you tweet?
>
>
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Received on Fri Jan 22 2016 - 07:45:46 PST