[kictanet] Open Data Initiative being frustrated, says Matiang’i - Business_News - nation.co.ke

S.M. Muraya murigi.muraya at gmail.com
Thu May 30 14:44:17 EAT 2013


Walu,

Please apply now, to become a Principal Secretary in future.

Open Go.Ke = Open People in Go.Ke.
On May 30, 2013 10:51 AM, "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Muraya,
>
> Its the attitude more than the laws. Yes a law forcing govt officials to
> surrender data is good but retraining of civil servants attitude to abandon
> the colonial era of "Serikali" swahili for Government being synonymous to
> "Siri-kali" = "Top-Secret" is better.
>
> Today, one mays still receive government correspondence inviting you to
> attend some innocent public ICT meeting but stamped "Confidential" meaning
> "dont dare open unless..." "Sirikali" syndrome at work   :-)
>
> walu.
>
>  ------------------------------
>  *From:* S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>
> *To:* jwalu at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:19 AM
> *Subject:* [kictanet] Open Data Initiative being frustrated, says
> Matiang’i - Business_News - nation.co.ke
>
>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Open-Data-Initiative-being-frustrated-says-Matiangi/-/1006/1866216/-/view/printVersion/-/qoentu/-/index.html
>
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