[kictanet] It's the simple things, NDOCKenya

Fri Sep 27 17:52:54 EAT 2013

Erik and all,

Blame it on public procurement laws. They sometimes cripple even the very
creative officers. If you remember well, Dr. Ndemo spoke publicly on the
need to review public procurement to ensure government officers who want to
make things happen are facilitated by the legal framework.

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:01 AM, 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.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Erik Hersman
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