MALAWI DETAILED FINDINGS 1. Blantyre City Council (BCC) CATEGORY 1: WEBSITE https://bccmw.com The BCC has a website, Facebook page and a Twitter account. All three platforms are up to date. The site has the following: ‘About BCC,’ ‘Explore,’ ‘Projects,’ ‘Services,’ ‘Media Room,’ ‘Departments’ and ‘Mayor’s Office.’ 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? • The website does not provide the BCC’s working hours. Total Score: 13/20 CATEGORY 2: REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION The following questions were sent to the BCC: 1. What are some of the notable achievements that the BCC has registered over the last five years? 2. Industrial pollution in the Mudi River is one of the recurring challenges the BCC faces. What are you doing to deal with the issue? 3. What is the BCC doing to permanently deal with the issue of street vending in the city? 4. Encroachment is also an issue that the BCC is grappling with. What long term measures have you instituted to deal with this issue? 5. What was the budget of the BCC for the 2017-2018 financial year? How much of this money was allocated to the construction of roads in the city’s townships? n = 20 1. Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests? Yes Partial Additional Information • 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? 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 budgets? No 25