LESOTHO

n = 20

Yes

No

Partial

h) The contact details of public officials?

s

i) A mechanism to request and receive a response to electronic messages and
requests for information?

s

Additional Information

Total Score: 0/20
CATEGORY 2: REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
The following questions were sent to the Lesotho National Dairy Board:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

How many dairy farmers were producing milk in Lesotho between the 1st April 2013 and 31st May 2014?
How many liters of milk were produced in Lesotho per month between the 1st April 2013 and the 31st March 2014?
How many liters of milk were imported from the Republic of South Africa per month between the 1st April 2013 and the 31st March 2014?
How many liters of milk were exported by Lesotho between the 1st April 2013 and the 31st March 2014?
Have there been any reported cases of milk adulteration by farmers between the 1st April 2013 and the 31st March 2014?
Does the LNDB have any information dissemination or communication strategy?

n = 20

Yes

No

Additional Information

1. Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests?
(Please state title of officials in ‘Additional Information’)

s

Marketing Officer

2. Did the institution reply within 21 days? (If less than 7 please state in ‘Additional
Information’)

s

Within 3 days

3. Did the Institution respond to a request for information?

s

4. Does the authority publish their procedures for dealing with information
requests?

s
s

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)
6. Did the institution provide written reasons for the refusal of information? (If
information was not refused, please contact institution to find out what the policy
is in this regard – if they supply written reasons for refusal mark ‘Yes’)

s

7. Did the institution disclose information about its operations, budgets, structure etc.

s

8. Did the authority provide information without questioning the aims and
motivations of the applicant?

s

9. Did the institution acknowledge your request for information within 7 days?

s

10. Was the information received clear and understandable?

s

The institution is not collecting all
information

Total Score: 18/20

5. Ministry of Home Affairs
CATEGORY 1: WEBSITE
http://www.gov.ls/safety/
The Ministry of Home Affairs does not have an independent website. However, some information about the ministry is posted on the
government website.

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