[kictanet] US and OpenData vs Kenyan Situation

[Evans Ikua]

You are very right Rad and I concur with you. I would for instance want to
know how much money the Government pays in software licenses annually, and
for which applications.


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Rad! <conradakunga at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is debatable whether the initiative lived at all.
>
> As it stands the data on that portal is completely dependent on the
> benevolence of bureaucrats and politicians, and as long as that is the case
> it is difficult for it to succeed.
>
> Ideally there should be legislation to compel all government bodies to
> open up their data on request from the citizens. See Finland for a good
> example. They credit openness of information as a key factor of low levels
> of corruption.
>
> For example I requested a dataset on
> 1) Who travelled to London at public expense for the Olympics
> 2) What was the total expenditure across the board for Kenya's delegation
> - travel, accommodation, per diems, etc
>
> The response was "let me try to ask". Unsurprisingly, that was the last I
> heard of it.
>
> Until we plug that fundamental flaw this initiative will remain a textbook
> effort
>
> On Friday, May 10, 2013, Walubengo J 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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