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Government achieves 100% compliance in RTI Proactive Disclosures
07 Jun 2026
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The President's Office --- Photo: President's Office
All Government ministries, the Attorney General’s Office and the President’s Office have achieved 100 per cent compliance with proactive disclosure requirements under the Right to Information (RTI) Act as of 7 June 2026.
The RTI Act, which came into force in 2014, requires public institutions to proactively publish key information about their operations at least once a year. This includes details of their mandate, responsibilities, organisational structure, services provided to the public, complaint mechanisms and information relating to complaints received.
16 Government institutions have achieved full compliance with proactive disclosure requirements as of 7 June 2026.
Institutions that achieved 100 per cent compliance were monitored on the following dates:
21 May 2026
- Ministry of Economic Development, Transport and Trade
- Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy
- Ministry of Health, Family and Welfare
31 May 2026
- Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development
1 June 2026
- Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises
- Ministry of Homeland Security, Labour and Technology
2 June 2026
- Attorney General’s Office
- President’s Office
- Ministry of Islamic Affairs and Endowments
- Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Ocean Resources
3 June 2026
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4 June 2026
- Ministry of Arts, Culture and Heritage
- Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation
- Ministry of Defence and National Service
- Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fitness
7 June 2026
- Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Skills Development
During his weekly press briefing held on 1 June 2026, President Dr Mohamed Muizzu stated that Government ministries were working to achieve full compliance with RTI Act disclosure requirements by the end of the week.
He said ministries are working to ensure requests are answered within statutory timeframe and that measures are being taken to clear outstanding requests. The President added that all pending RTI applications are expected to be addressed in accordance with the deadlines set out in the law.
