The Access to Information
Bill, 2015
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(vi) any guidance used by it in relation to
dealings
with
its
the public or with corporate
bodies, including the rules, regulations,
instructions, manuals and records, held by it
or under its control or used by its employees
for discharging its functions; and
(vii)
a
guide sufficient to enable any person
wishing to apply for information under this
Act to identify the classes of information held
by it, the subjects to which they relate, the
location of any indexes to be consulted by
any person;
(b)
during the year commencing on first January next
following the first publication of information
under paragraph (a), and during each succeeding
year, cause to be published statements updating
the information contained in the previous
statement or statements published under that
paragraph;
(c) publish all
relevant facts while formulating
important policies or announcing the decisions
which affect the public, and before initiating any
project,
or
formulating any policy,
scheme,
programme or law, publish or communicate to
the public in general or to the persons likely to be
affected thereby in particular, the facts available
to it or to which it has reasonable access which in
its opinion should be known to them in the best
interests of natural justice and promotion of
democratic principles;
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(d) provide to any person the
reasons
for
any
decision taken by it in relation to that person;
(e)
upon signing any contract, publish on its website
or through other suitable means the following
particulars in respect of the contract entered
into-
(i)
the public works, goods acquired or rented,
and the contracted service, including any
sketches, scopes of service and terms of
reference;
(ii)
the contract sum;