[kictanet] US and OpenData vs Kenyan Situation

[S.M. Muraya]

Some sensible government departments and state corporations in Kenya are
investing in project software.

Publishing their work (consistently) for the public should be possible if
sufficient skills are developed or contracted to do so.

This assumes, there is nothing to hide, in which case, ethics more than
skills are what may be lacking.


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good question Walu. But I expect that the programmes that the two put in
> place would survive them as these are owned by the institutions, not the
> individuals. Having said that, is there anywhere we can get info about how
> the national budget is spent? I mean, after we get the budget estimates
> every year and the budget is passed by Parliament, how do we know after the
> end of the year if that budget was followed? I thought this would have been
> the best place to get such info?
>
> Ikua
>
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Just wondering,
>>
>> In the likely departure of both PS Ndemo and CEO Paul Kukubo, I wonder
>> how much TTL (time to live) there is for our  https://opendata.go.ke/initiative.
>>
>> Contrast below:
>> ~~~~
>> Today, as he heads to Austin, Texas, for a Middle Class Jobs and
>> Opportunity Tour<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/05/08/president-obama-headed-austin-heres-why>,
>> President Obama signed an Executive Order<http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/09/executive-order-making-open-and-machine-readable-new-default-government->directing historic steps to make government-held data more accessible to
>> the public and to entrepreneurs and others as fuel for innovation and
>> economic growth. The Executive Order declares that information is a
>> valuable resource and strategic asset for the Nation. We couldn’t agree
>> more.
>>
>> http://wh.gov/J5tb
>>
>> ~~~~
>>
>> walu.
>>
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