Be Patient Access to Information Bill will be introduced in next sessions- Mutharika

Be Patient Access to Information Bill will be introduced in next sessions- Mutharika

President Professor Peter Mutharika says his government will introduce Access to Information Bill in the upcoming National Assembly Sessions because the current 3rd Meeting of National Assembly has already lined up other bills.

Mutharika was speaking to Journalist in Lilongwe at Kamuzu Palace upon return from AU summit.

He said it is not possible that current Meeting of National Assembly which is to sit for only three weeks to debate on all government proposed legislations in one session.

"We cannot introduce all the laws in one session of parliament. It also should be known that there are other four major bills lined up for debate

during the current sitting" he among them mentioned Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Bill of 2015, Trafficking in Persons Bill and the bill which is to regulate Sachets liquor.

Mutharika said "We will not be able to finish all those, if we don't we have another session. Next session there will be other bills. Access to information bill will be coming up" adding that journalist should be patient as his five years tenure of office his government pass lot of bills.

"I can assure you that we are committed to access to information, we are committed to freedom of press.." Adding that his government has also opened up the state broadcaster for everyone.