Information enables people to know their rights and entitlements, to know what is happening both around them and far away, to compare the actual with what is promised, to learn lessons from what others have done, and so on. Without information, action either does not take place or is poorly informed.
Habari huwawezesha wananchi kujua haki na stahili zao, kujua nini kinatokea karibu yao na mbali pia, kulinganisha kufanya ulinganisho kati ya kilichopo na kilichoahidiwa, kujifunza kutokana na walichofanya wengine, na kadhalika.