[kictanet] GOK Making progress

[Edwin Onchari]

John,

 

You have echoed my sentiments on how ICT should be working in government.
So, do we have the required competencies in government to achieve it? Has
this been included in the many PPP initiatives ongoing (how many of these
are running by the way)? Is this an e-government initiative (where can one
access a detailed progress report on e-gov initiatives)?

 

R's 

Edwin

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Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 10:57 AM
To: Edwin
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] GOK Making progress

 

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/> 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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