ESWATINI 7. National Maize Corporation (NMC) CATEGORY 1: WEBSITE www.nmc.co.sz The NMC’s website has up-to-date information, especially in its ‘Notices’ section, which has a current press statement. It has current tenders issued for August. It has a Facebook page with had 766 likes and 778 followers. Under its ‘Weekly Articles/Programmes’ section, it has old articles dating back to 2017 and 2016. There is nothing in the ‘Events’ section except for the successful events that took place last year. Although it is professionally developed by Datanet, the spelling of career wrongly spelt as carrer was left unattended on the website. The misspelling, however, was later rectified. n = 20 Yes No Partial Additional Information • 1. Does this website contain up-to-date information? 2. Does the website contain the following: • 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, programmes? • d) Budget and expenditure? e) Information about procurement procedures and/or signed contracts? • f) Vacancy and employment procedures? • • g) The address, telephone numbers and working hours of the institution? h) The contact details of specific public officials? • i) A mechanism to request and receive a response to electronic messages and requests for information? • Total Score: 13/20 CATEGORY 2: REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION The following questions were sent to the NMC: 1. How often is your website updated? 2. Who is in charge of your website? 3. How would you describe the relationship between the NMC and the media? 4. What is the improvement that the farmers might expect from the new arrangement for handling the subsidy for farming inputs? 5. How is the NCM going to ensure that the farmers get their farming inputs on time so that they do not miss out on the early rains? 6. How is the NMC going to ensure that there is no more shortage of tractors and fuel for the planting season? 7. What is the NMC’s annual budget? n = 20 1. Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests? No • 2. Did the institution reply within 21 days? • 3. Did the institution respond to the request for information? • 4. Does the authority publish their procedures for dealing with information requests? 18 Yes • 5. Did the institution provide all of the information requested? • 6. Does the institution provide written reasons for the refusal of information? • 7. • Did the institution disclose information about its operations, budgets, structure etc? Partial Additional Information