MALAWI Detailed Findings 1. Lilongwe City Council Category 1 - WEBSITE The Lilongwe City Council does not have its own website. n = 20 Yes No Partial Additional Information 1. Does this website contain up to date information? 2. Does the website contain: a) A description of its powers as well as data on the organisational structure, the functions, and the responsibilities of the administration? b) A list of laws, acts etc. issued within the scope of its powers. c) Reports, policies, programs? d) Budget and expenditure? e) Information about procurement procedures, signed contracts? f) Vacancies and employment procedures? g) The name, the address, the telephone number and the working hours of the respective institution? h) The contact details of public officials? i) A mechanism to request and receive a response to electronic messages and requests for information? Total Score: 0/20 Category 2- Requests for Information The following questions were sent to the Lilongwe City Council: 1. What type of permits do people often seek from Lilongwe City Council (LCC)? 2. Do you grant these permits to everyone who seeks them? 3. If No/Yes; what are some of the reasons that motivate the Council to either decline or grant these permits? Give at least two examples in each category? 4. Does LCC have specific ways of giving out permits? Would you list down these ways? 5. What are some of the challenges that LCC faces with regard to permits? 6. Would you provide us LCC’s policies and budget structures? Part 1: Requests for written information n = 20 1.Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests? (Please state title of officials in ‘Additional Information’) 24 Yes No Additional Information • PRO (Public Relations Officer) 2. Did the institution reply within 21 days? (If less than 7 please state in ‘Additional Information’) • 3. Did the Institution respond to a request for information? • 4. Does the authority publish its procedures for dealing with information requests? • 5. Did the institution provide all of the information requested? (If partially please mark ‘No’, indicate in ‘Additional Information’ how much of the information requested was supplied) • They did not respond to the written request for information The information about the budget and expenditure as well as procurement procedures was not provided. The Public Relations Officer was on holiday and the person we were talking to (Administrative Officer) did not have the information.