[kictanet] It's the simple things, NDOCKenya

Fri Sep 27 17:07:23 EAT 2013

Adam, I would not like to defend the NDOC, but once in a while, I see a
fire rescue vehicle almost always followed by an ambulance when dispatched
from the fire station.

How the callers reach the respective rescue teams is without my imagination.

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On 27 September 2013 10:01, Erik Hersman <erik at zungu.com> wrote:

> Adam, that's one of the simple things too.  Yes, it takes money and
> commitment to run a national 999 number, but that's what the NDOC is for.
>
> What I'm getting at is there are a lot of simple things that could be
> done, a lot of low hanging fruit that would make both communications and
> organization easier in an emergency.
>
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> On Sep 27, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:
>
> Wait.  Are you saying that if I call 999 somebody will answer and that I
> can report emergencies to them???  Will they dispatch police and/or
> ambulances?
>
> Everybody I had talked to said that wasn't possible.
>
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> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:
>
>> 999 used to be soo effective, but I think death of the telephone booth
>> did it in.
>>
>> But recently I find that 999 to be stable. At least it works on my
>> Safaricom line
>>
>> On 27/09/2013, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:
>> > 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.
>> >>
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