[kictanet] Website - I GAVE A BRIBE

[S.Murigi Muraya]

Not sure where information passed on to kacc.go.ke is digitally stored but
am sure they store data themselves even if they backup data at the upcoming
(or recently deployed?) Central Govt Data Center. Even if they use FOSS,
storage is an issue (cost).

Interesting (61 page pdf) presentation here:
http://www.kacc.go.ke/Docs/kacc-strategic-plan-2009-2013.pdf

Page 42: Reveals an annual kacc.go.ke budget of KES 20M for IT hardware,
applications, automation, interactive website, document management |
workflow.

What if due to budget shortfalls kacc.go.ke has to rely on development
partners who favor foreign firms or consultants to deploy the IT systems
they fund?

KES 20M per annum has not in 2 years (2009-2010) helped kacc.go.ke build an
truly accessible public information system. It is certainly not enough to
build and maintain a system which analyzes and publicizes corruption
reported by 1 or 2 millions of Kenyans annually.



On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:01 AM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Why not use Kenyan built software to do this at a tiny fraction of
> this cost?  A crowdmap implementation would cost in the 1000s of bob,
> not Millions!!
>
> http://crowdmap.com/
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
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