ZAMBIA RESEARCH CONCLUSION The surveyed organisations scored badly in this Transparency Report, especially in the information request category. All the surveyed organisations are active on social media, and interestingly, all of them have websites except for the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit, which rides on the Office of the Vice President’s website. Almost all the organisations that acknowledged receipt of the request for information requested an introductory letter, which hinders information access for ordinary citizens. THE MOST SECRETIVE PUBLIC ORGANISATION IN ZAMBIA THE MOST OPEN PUBLIC ORGANISATION IN ZAMBIA The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit has an active Facebook page, but nothing is significant on the website, which is housed under the Vice President’s office. There was no correspondence from this organisation in response to the request for information. Generally, the Energy Regulation Board, Ministry of Health, National Pension Scheme Authority, Patents and Companies Registration Agency performed well in both website and request for information categories. However, in terms of scoring, the Patents and Companies Registration Agency scored better than the others. Therefore, the 2023 Golden Padlock Award goes to the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit. Therefore, the 2023 Golden Key Award goes to the Patents and Companies Registration Agency. RECOMMENDATIONS y The government must expedite the enactment of the ATI legislation before various stakeholders and citizens begin to perceive this government in the same light as previous administrations that failed to enact right-toinformation legislation. y Public organisations should consider outlining procedures for information requests and details such as whom to address and publish. 108