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roman', 'new york', times, serif">Trace complete.</font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> </font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Robert Yawe</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">KAY System Technologies Ltd</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Phoenix House, 6th Floor</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Kenya</font><br><br><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new
roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk<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> Thu, 7 July, 2011 18:48:50<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Government to Launch Open Data July 8th @KICC<br></font><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 238, 230); vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<b><span style="font-size:12pt;">Listers</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 238, 230); vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;">The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Information of Communications will launch a new Government <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Open</span> <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Data</span> Portal on July 8, 2011 at the KICC that will<span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125);">,</span> for the first time<span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125);">,</span> make several large government datasets available to the general public in an easy to search and view format.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
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<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" size="3">The launch will be presided over by HE President Mwai Kibaki .</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 238, 230); vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
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<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" size="3">Program commences at 9.30 tomorrow.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 238, 230); vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
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<span style="font-size:12pt;">The web portal will allow citizens and the private sector to search and display national and county level <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">data</span> in graphs and maps and allow for easy comparison and analysis between datasets. <u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 238, 230); vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-size:12pt;">For web and software developers, the portal will avail <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">data</span> in useable formats like cvs, Excel and will even include APIs for each dataset.<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
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<span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 238, 230); vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-size:12pt;">The portal will be one of the first and largest government <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">data</span> portals in sub-Saharan Africa. With this launch, Kenya will become a leader among developing countries in the adoption of <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">open</span> <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">data</span><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125);"> - </span>a movement that is gathering momentum globally. <u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(242, 238, 230); vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:24px;">What is <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">open</span> <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">data</span>?</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:24px;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
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<span style="font-size:12pt;">Public information and searchable information are two different things. Much public <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">data</span> 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 class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">open</span> <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">data</span>" and are not helpful to large-scale users.<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
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<span style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 238, 230); vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-size:12pt;">To be <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">open</span>, <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">data</span> must be:<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
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<span style="font-size:12pt;">easily found through search engines (meta-tagged)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;line-height:19.2pt;background-color:rgb(242, 238, 230);vertical-align:top;">
<span style="font-size:12pt;">available in machine readable formats (CSV, XML, APIs not PDF)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;line-height:19.2pt;background-color:rgb(242, 238, 230);vertical-align:top;">
<span style="font-size:12pt;">accessible by third party tools/applications (interoperable)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;line-height:19.2pt;background-color:rgb(242, 238, 230);vertical-align:top;">
<span style="font-size:12pt;">allow others to use and re-use for non-commercial and commercial use (e.g Creative Commons Licences)<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 238, 230); vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Open</span> <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Data</span> not only increases transparency and accountability<span style="color:black;"> but also</span> promotes greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services by allowing users to easily consume and interpret <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">data</span><u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-size:12pt;">This is therefore to invite you to the launch. You can register at the door on your arrival.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-size:12pt;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size:12pt;"><br></span></p>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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ict.go.ke">www.ict.go.ke</a><br>
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