[kictanet] GOK Making progress

[John Kieti]

Listers,

Indeed we need to recognize the progress with GoK ICT over the years.
Although the skeptic will question the efficiency at which the progress has
been achieved (resource wise), we need to give credit for at least having
the intention to progress and getting somewhere with the intention.

Government departments and parastatals also need to move away from achieving
the easier task of setting up physical infrastructure (networks,
communication equipment, PCs, printers, laptops etc) to facilitating flow of
GOK data for evidence based decision making. Merely running email and
financial management systems remains basic in my view. More structured data
and information needs to start flowing across departments and amongst its
customers (esp. the public) to foster a culture of evidence driven decision
making across the board. The government also needs to take the concept of
'Open Government Data' (eg http://www.data.gov/) more seriously.

Regards

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:52 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Today I met a government official who gave me his card, you wonder what is
> so major about that, well the phone number was ISDN, well PS Ndemo it is
> clear that there is light at the end of the tunnel as relates to the
> government having a single contact number.
>
> This is at the office of the Prime Minister which is a clear indication
> that there was more done to the building than just interior refurbishments.
>
> Regards
>
> PS.  But they need to be educated about DID?
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>
>
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