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    "content": "As far as the right to access information is concerned, the Bill ensures further that all public bodies shall disseminate information through the traditional means of communication such as televisions and modern means of communication such as online platforms and social media. The Bill further provides that information relating to public participation exercise shall be disseminated in the language that the recipients understand. The information that will be required to be published in public participation shall be published in a language that the participants understand. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Bill is also cognisant of the fact that in determining whether the duty to ensure public participation has been fulfilled or the test of reasonability has been discharged---. The test requires that the public body under a duty to undertake public participation has been carried out, must give members of the public reasonable opportunity to participate in the decision making. This is what we require to ensure that the decision made is acceptable to the members of the public. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the third factor that the Bill identifies and provides for is the means of monitoring whether Members have discharged their duty to facilitate public participation. The Bill, therefore, requires that authorities within public participation institution develop appropriate feedback mechanisms to ensure that the public understand the role they play in the process of arriving at a decision. Mr. Speaker, Sir, based on the foregoing, it is my firm conviction that this Bill is an important milestone in ensuring that there is a more accountable and transparent institution of governance based on the inclusive participation of the public in the process of Government. I, therefore, beg to second."
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