[kictanet] It's the simple things, NDOCKenya

[Adam Nelson]

Call me crazy but I'd vote for an emergency number to reach the police,
fire department, and ambulance system over a functioning website.  I would
have thought that at least the members of KICTanet would agree with that
but based on the other thread, even a phone number seems too much and we
should leverage 'community' when there's an emergency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number#Africa



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On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:24 PM, John Kariuki <
ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Eric,Listers.
> The matter raised is urgent.The ICT Cabinet Secretary could probably take
> it as a matter of national importance.
>
> John Kariuki
>
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Erik Hersman <erik at zungu.com>
> *To:* ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 26 September 2013, 9:23
> *Subject:* [kictanet] It's the simple things, NDOCKenya
>
> I realized the other day that the Kenya National Disaster Operations
> Center (known to us as @NDOCKenya <https://twitter.com/ndockenya> on
> Twitter) doesn't have even a simple website up.  If they didn't have a
> Twitter handle, no one would even know how to reach them or get any updates
> from them at all.   On their Twitter profile they list the following:
>
> *The Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre manages and coordinates
> disaster response at a national level. Email info at ndockenya.org Call
> +254-020-2212386*
>
> * Nairobi, Kenya *
>
> *· ** ** nationaldisaster.go.ke  <http://t.co/9dWdiHpAbE>*
>
>
> Now, you'll note three things:
>
>
>    1. The website doesn't work.  There is absolutely nothing, it's just a
>    dead page.
>    2. The email address goes to NDOCKenya.org <http://ndockenya.org/> -
>    but if you go there, you'll find it's just being hosted at GoDaddy with
>    nothing to show.  This raises a bunch of questions, but perhaps the
>    foremost being: Why do they use this as their email address when they own a
>    go.ke domain?
>    3. A way to reach the *NATIONAL* Disaster Ops Centre is a pretty
>    important thing to have.  It's unforgivable that they can't even put up a
>    one-page information website, much less have a site that allows people to
>    know the official places to go, things to do/not do, during a national
>    emergency.
>
>
> It's the simple things.
>
> --
> Erik Hersman
>
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