SECTOR 1 their views were ultimately ignored. With the Information and Communication Technology Act of 2009, the government called in stakeholders to comment when it was too late: only once the law had been drafted already. In other instances, stakeholders are presented by government with a substantial number of documents to review a few days before a consultation and thus have insufficient time to conduct detailed research and prepare. The Freedom of Information Bill, withdrawn by government in November 2002 for “further consultation”, has yet to see the light of day and it is not clear whom the government is consulting in this regard, almost ten years later. “With no change in strategy, we, as civil society, will continue going in circles as we are still operating on a one-party state principle.” Scores: Individual scores: * 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator. 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 2.1 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 1.3) Average score for sector 1: 3.1 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 2.7)* The indicators were reviewed, changed and shifted in 2009. Therefore the scores of some indicators and sector scores are not comparable to scores of previous AMBs. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZAMBIA 2011 23