[kictanet] GoK Outsources OP Twitter a/c & Website

[robert yawe]

I have been reading up on social media for the past few weeks and from what I am 
learning we are still in .net 1.0 in as far as productive use is concerned.

I was forced to take the reigns back after giving my blog to a third party, they 
gave me a wonderful presentation on how they would put me on the online map but 
after a few weeks I decided that there was no alternative but to get my hands 
dirty.

This is not to digress from the issue at hand but to set the mood for my 
comment, we are generally theorists who run when asked to put our money where 
our mouths are, we write long winded papers on how to use social media yet we 
have never implemented them.  

An ability to post on facebook is not enough for a technical person you need to 
be able to explore the innards of the system, RTFM did not end with online.

The government knows us very well and thus they have opted to have someone 
action oriented to handle their online interaction, let prove ourselves before 
we through stones.

Regards
 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: Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri at semacraft.com>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Sat, 12 March, 2011 14:34:56
Subject: [kictanet] GoK Outsources OP Twitter a/c & Website

Hi Listers,

The website www.republicofkenya.org appears to be backed by the GoK but managed 
by a US firm. They also seem to handle the twitter account @insidekenya which 
indicates its the Twitter account for Office of the President. On both, it is 
explicitly stated that CLS & Associates distribute the content on behalf of OP 
for the government.

CLS have an impressive client list but with all the advancements I have seen in 
the web industry in Kenya over the last three years, I am certain a local firm 
could have handled this. In fact, there should be staffers in the government 
spokesman's office or the Kenya ICT Board who can work with the international PR 
firm and the local OP staff to update this website and profile.


How did this happen? How has the government mitigated against the risks of 
foreigners spreading misinformation using official online government channels? 
Is the entire government spokesman's office going to be outsourced as well?

http://www.republicofkenya.org
http://www.twitter.com/insidekenya
http://www.clsdc.com



Kind regards,
 
Muchiri Nyaggah
Director
@muchiri
+254 722 506400
Semacraft.com


      
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