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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87844, member: 27"] Namibia's Access to Information Act keeps sitting in limbo because parliament just froze the hiring process for its key enforcer. Information Commissioner recruitment halted [LIST] [*]Parliament abruptly suspended hiring for the commissioner and deputy roles. [*]A newspaper notice on Wednesday confirmed the freeze. [*]Neither the National Assembly nor the ICT Ministry explained why. [*]The Access to Information Act created this commissioner position. [/LIST] Why this matters for transparency [LIST] [*]Namibia gazetted the Act in 2022, but full implementation stalled. [*]No dedicated commissioner means the law lacks its enforcer. [*]Promoting and protecting information-access rights is the role's mandate. [*]Parliament had only recently advertised the vacancy. [/LIST] Salary and stalled momentum [LIST] [*]The incoming commissioner was set to earn N$1.4 million annually. [*]Recruitment suspension deepens an already lengthy delay. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]