[kictanet] Kenya open data initiative has hit a dead end, says PS

[S.M. Muraya]

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Convert data (formats) into reports that are easily accessible by relevant
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necessary it is to consolidate (for analysis) information in 4 or 5
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http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Open+data+initiative+has+hit+a+dead+end/-/1006/1617026/-/11tfwouz/-/index.html

By CHARLES WOKABI cwokabi at ke.nationmedia.com
Posted  Saturday, November 10  2012 at  17:35

IN SUMMARY

   - The Kenya open data initiative was officially launched in July last
   year by President Kibaki, with the aim of putting Kenya among the first
   Third World countries to make government information freely available to
   its citizens in a single portal
   - At its inception, the open data initiative was expected to set off a
   spirited boom in application development, but according to Information and
   Communications permanent secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo, only a few more of 50
   new applications have come up based on the initiative
   - Dr Ndemo told the *Sunday Nation* that the ministry was getting
   frustrated because of the low amount of data supplied by organisations
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