<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Conrad,<br><span>You will be delighted to know that Hansard, Order paper, and current bills are actually updated on website as soon as they are avaialble. For starters check the webiste for all Hansard -latest including 11th Nov 2009... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.parliament.go.ke/parliament/downloads/tenth_forth_sess/11.11.09P.pdf">http://www.parliament.go.ke/parliament/downloads/tenth_forth_sess/11.11.09P.pdf</a> </span><br><br>It takes time to reform institutions and Parliament is picking up, perhaps not as fast as everyone would expect. Access to pertinent info is a key push with the current leadership.<br><br>Clement<br></div><div style="font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font
face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> c_nyandiere@yahoo.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, November 13, 2009 10:09:23 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] landmark visit by Sir Tim Berners-Lee - inventor of the World Wide Web .<br></font><br>
<meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><span>I would also be very interested in getting concrete commitments from the committee in the opening up of parliament and parliamentary information to Kenyans. They need to walk the talk. I know from personal experience it is extremely difficult to get information out of parliament like hansards, bills, voting positions etc. Even information on parliamentarians is cursory at best - look at the MP profiles on the current site <a target="_blank" href="http://www.parliament.go.ke/parliament/members.php">http://www.parliament.go.ke/parliament/members.php</a>. </span><br>
<br>Parliamentarians and supporting institutions need to demonstrate a commitment to engage the citizens. Technology in itself won't help if the people don't have the drive to participate<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Edith Adera <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke">eadera@idrc.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hon. Rege,<br>
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You are onto something interesting here...parliament using new media (blogs, twitter, sms-based interactios etc) to engage with citizens to enhance democracy and accountability in Kenya.<br>
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As Chair of the Parliamentary committee on communication, would you be willing (together with the Speaker) to champion this idea with support?<br>
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Look forward to your views.<br>
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Edith<br></blockquote></div><br>
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