[kictanet] landmark visit by Sir Tim Berners-Lee - inventor of the World Wide Web .

[Rad!]

I would also be very interested in getting concrete commitments from the
committee in the opening up of parliament and parliamentary information to
Kenyans. They need to walk the talk. I know from personal experience it is
extremely difficult to get information out of parliament like hansards,
bills, voting positions etc. Even information on parliamentarians is cursory
at best - look at the MP profiles on the current site
http://www.parliament.go.ke/parliament/members.php.

Parliamentarians and supporting institutions need to demonstrate a
commitment to engage the citizens. Technology in itself won't help if the
people don't have the drive to participate

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.or.ke> wrote:

> Hon. Rege,
>
> You are onto something interesting here...parliament using new media
> (blogs, twitter, sms-based interactios etc) to engage with citizens to
> enhance democracy and accountability in Kenya.
>
> As Chair of the Parliamentary committee on communication, would you be
> willing (together with the Speaker) to champion this idea with support?
>
> Look forward to your views.
>
> Edith
>
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