According to informed sources, our Open Data is hosted in USA Seatle on Soctrata platform at the SAVVIS Cloud center. The real URL address is  <a href="http://kenya.socrata.com">kenya.socrata.com</a>. <a href="http://OpenData.go.ke">OpenData.go.ke</a> is just a clever redirect to the <a href="http://kenya.socrata.com">kenya.socrata.com</a> subdomain.<br>

<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 July 2011 12:08, Edwin Onchari <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eonchari@lynxbits.com">eonchari@lynxbits.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I am not very good at this, but besides the high latency numbers of over 300ms, does this imply that the data is hosted outside of Kenya?<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Edwin<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> kictanet-bounces+eonchari=<a href="http://lynxbits.com" target="_blank">lynxbits.com</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Beonchari" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+eonchari</a>=<a href="http://lynxbits.com" target="_blank">lynxbits.com</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>robert yawe<br>

<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 11, 2011 12:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edwin</span></p><div class="im"><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br></div><b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?<u></u><u></u><p>
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</div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">C:\>tracert <a href="http://opendata.go.ke" target="_blank">opendata.go.ke</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">Tracing route to <a href="http://opendata.go.ke" target="_blank">opendata.go.ke</a> [216.227.229.160]</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">over a maximum of 30 hops:</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">

<span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.1.2</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">  2     5 ms     4 ms     4 ms  41.139.207.241</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">  3     4 ms     9 ms    15 ms  <a href="http://41-139-255-93.safaricombusiness.co.ke" target="_blank">41-139-255-93.safaricombusiness.co.ke</a> [41.139.25</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">5.93]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">  4     4 ms     4 ms     4 ms  <a href="http://41-139-255-94.safaricombusiness.co.ke" target="_blank">41-139-255-94.safaricombusiness.co.ke</a> [41.139.25</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">5.94]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">  5     5 ms     5 ms     4 ms  <a href="http://41-139-255-49.safaricombusiness.co.ke" target="_blank">41-139-255-49.safaricombusiness.co.ke</a> [41.139.25</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">5.49]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">  6     5 ms     4 ms     4 ms  196.201.222.33</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">  7    93 ms    93 ms    98 ms  <a href="http://if-4-2-2.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net" target="_blank">if-4-2-2.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net</a> [209.58.105</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">.25]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">  8   314 ms   295 ms   294 ms  <a href="http://if-8-1-0-0.tcore1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net" target="_blank">if-8-1-0-0.tcore1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net</a> [180.87.</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">38.17]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">  9   297 ms   298 ms   297 ms  <a href="http://if-2-2.tcore2.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net" target="_blank">if-2-2.tcore2.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net</a> [180.87.38.2</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif""> 10   289 ms   289 ms   289 ms  <a href="http://if-6-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net" target="_blank">if-6-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net</a> [80.231.130.</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">5]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif""> 11   293 ms   296 ms   300 ms  <a href="http://if-7-2.tcore2.NJY-Newark.as6453.net" target="_blank">if-7-2.tcore2.NJY-Newark.as6453.net</a> [80.231.130.</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">54]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif""> 12   298 ms   295 ms   304 ms  <a href="http://if-9-0-0-1108.core3.NTO-NewYork.as6453.net" target="_blank">if-9-0-0-1108.core3.NTO-NewYork.as6453.net</a> [66.1</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">98.111.50]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif""> 13   296 ms   288 ms   288 ms  <a href="http://cr2-pos-0-8-0-3.nyr.savvis.net" target="_blank">cr2-pos-0-8-0-3.nyr.savvis.net</a> [208.173.129.29]</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif""> 14   351 ms   350 ms   349 ms  <a href="http://cr1-pos-0-3-1-1.Seattle.savvis.net" target="_blank">cr1-pos-0-3-1-1.Seattle.savvis.net</a> [204.70.200.6</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif""> 15     *      387 ms     *     <a href="http://hr2.se2-pos-9-0-0.se2.savvis.net" target="_blank">hr2.se2-pos-9-0-0.se2.savvis.net</a> [208.172.81.222</span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">]</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif""> 16   342 ms   343 ms   342 ms  209.67.77.62</span><u></u><u></u></p>

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</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">Trace complete.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">Robert Yawe</span><br><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">KAY System Technologies Ltd</span><br>

<span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">Phoenix House, 6th Floor</span><br><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200</span><br><span style="font-family:"Times","serif"">Kenya</span><u></u><u></u></p>

<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><hr align="center" size="1" width="100%"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> Paul Kukubo <<a href="mailto:pkukubo@ict.go.ke" target="_blank">pkukubo@ict.go.ke</a>><br>

<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>

<b>Sent:</b> Thu, 7 July, 2011 18:48:50<br><b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Government to Launch Open Data July 8th @KICC</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top">

<b><span style="color:black">Listers</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><b><span style="color:black">The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Information of Communications will launch a new Government </span></b><span><b><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">Open</span></b></span><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span><b><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">Data</span></b></span><b><span style="color:black"> Portal on July 8, 2011 at the KICC that will</span></b><b><span style="color:#1F497D">,</span></b><b><span style="color:black"> for the first time</span></b><b><span style="color:#1F497D">,</span></b><b><span style="color:black"> make several large government datasets available to the general public in an easy to search and view format.</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#1F497D">  </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#1F497D">The launch will be presided over by HE President Mwai Kibaki .</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#1F497D">Program commences at 9.30 tomorrow.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:black">The web portal will allow citizens and the private sector to search and display national and county level </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">data</span></span><span style="color:black"> in graphs and maps and allow for easy comparison and analysis between datasets. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top">

<span style="color:black">For web and software developers, the portal will avail </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">data</span></span><span style="color:black"> in useable formats like cvs, Excel and will even include APIs for each dataset.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top">

<span style="color:black">The portal will be one of the first and largest government </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">data</span></span><span style="color:black"> portals in sub-Saharan Africa. With this launch, Kenya will become a leader among developing countries in the adoption of </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">open</span></span><span style="color:black"> </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">data</span></span><span style="color:#1F497D"> - </span><span style="color:black">a movement that is gathering momentum globally.   </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top">

<b><span style="color:black">What is </span></b><span><b><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">open</span></b></span><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span><b><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">data</span></b></span><b><span style="color:black">?</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:black">Public information and searchable information are two different things. Much public </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">data</span></span><span style="color:black"> is already available by law but it's often not usable because it is in a format that is not easy to find, use and re-use. Published PDF files do not constitute "</span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">open</span></span><span style="color:black"> </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">data</span></span><span style="color:black">" and are not helpful to large-scale users.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top">

<span style="color:black">To be </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">open</span></span><span style="color:black">, </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">data</span></span><span style="color:black"> must be:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">  </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:black">easily found through search engines (meta-tagged)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">  </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:black">available in machine readable formats (CSV, XML, APIs not PDF)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">  </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:black">accessible by third party tools/applications (interoperable)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">  </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:black">allow others to use and re-use for non-commercial and commercial use (e.g Creative Commons Licences)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top"><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">Open</span></span><span style="color:black"> </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">Data</span></span><span style="color:black"> not only increases transparency and accountability but also promotes greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services by allowing users to easily consume and interpret </span><span><span style="color:#222222;background:#FFFF88">data</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This is therefore to invite you to the launch. You can register at the door on your arrival.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Paul Kukubo<br>

Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board<br>PO Box 27150 - 00100<br>Nairobi, Kenya<br><br>12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street<br><br>Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 <br>Fax: +254 20 2211962<br>website: <a href="http://www.ict.go.ke" target="_blank">www.ict.go.ke</a><br>

local content project: <a href="http://www.tandaa.co.ke" target="_blank">www.tandaa.co.ke</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tandaakenya" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/tandaakenya</a><br>twitter:@tandaaKENYA<br>BPO Project: www. <a href="http://doitinkenya.co.ke" target="_blank">doitinkenya.co.ke</a><br>

Digital Villages Project: <a href="http://www.pasha.co.ke" target="_blank">www.pasha.co.ke</a><br><br><br>personal contacts<br>_______________<br><br>Cell: + 254 717 180001<br><br><br>skype: kukubopaul<br>googletalk: pkukubo<br>

personal blog: <a href="http://www.paulkukubo.co.ke" target="_blank">www.paulkukubo.co.ke</a><br>personal twitter: @pkukubo<br><br><br>____________________<br>Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub<br><br>Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment <u></u><u></u></span></p>

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