[kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?

Mon Jul 11 12:01:29 EAT 2011

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Trace complete. Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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From: Paul Kukubo <pkukubo at ict.go.ke>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Thu, 7 July, 2011 18:48:50
Subject: [kictanet] Government to Launch Open Data July 8th @KICC

Listers

The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Information of Communications 
will launch a new Government Open Data Portal on July 8, 2011 at the KICC that 
will, for the first time, make several large government datasets available to 
the general public in an easy to search and view format.   

The launch will be presided over by HE President Mwai Kibaki .

Program commences at 9.30 tomorrow.

The web portal will allow citizens and the private sector to search and display 
national and county level data in graphs and maps and allow for easy comparison 
and analysis between datasets. 

For web and software developers, the portal will avail data in useable formats 
like cvs, Excel and will even include APIs for each dataset.

The portal will be one of the first and largest government data portals in 
sub-Saharan Africa. With this launch, Kenya will become a leader among 
developing countries in the adoption of open data - a movement that is gathering 
momentum globally.   

What is open data?
Public information and searchable information are two different things. Much 
public data is already available by law but it's often not usable because it is 
in a format that is not easy to find, use and re-use. Published PDF files do not 
constitute "open data" and are not helpful to large-scale users.

To be open, data must be:
	* easily found through search engines (meta-tagged)
	* available in machine readable formats (CSV, XML, APIs not PDF)
	* accessible by third party tools/applications (interoperable)
	* allow others to use and re-use for non-commercial and commercial use (e.g 
Creative Commons Licences)
Open Data not only increases transparency and accountability but also promotes 
greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services by 
allowing users to easily consume and interpret data

This is therefore to invite you to the launch. You can register at the door on 
your arrival.

Paul Kukubo
Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board
PO Box 27150 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya

12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street

Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 
Fax: +254 20 2211962
website: www.ict.go.ke
local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya
twitter:@tandaaKENYA
BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke
Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke

personal contacts
_______________

Cell: + 254 717 180001

skype: kukubopaul
googletalk: pkukubo
personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke
personal twitter: @pkukubo

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Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub

Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through 
promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio 
economic enrichment 
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