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

[Solomon Mburu Kamau]

Me too, once Parliament is opened to the public (to access the
information there) it would be great.

The current parliament has done a lot in improving the 'public
judgement' of the parliamentarians while in  the chambers, although I
gather most of the work is done in the committees.

The speaker has done a lot in creating an avenue for live broadcasts etc
And as Rad has said, 'technology in itself will not help if the people
don't have the drive to participate', I concur with him.

On 13/11/2009, Rad! <conradakunga at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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