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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That then leads to the question, why host it outside Kenya? The server seems to be perpetually down, at least as far as the last tracert by Yawe and myself<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Edwin<o:p></o:p></span></p><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;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>lordmwesh<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 11, 2011 3:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edwin<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 11 July 2011 12:08, Edwin Onchari <<a href="mailto:eonchari@lynxbits.com">eonchari@lynxbits.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Edwin</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>C:\>tracert <a href="http://opendata.go.ke" target="_blank">opendata.go.ke</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>over a maximum of 30 hops:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.2</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 2 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 41.139.207.241</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>5.93]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>5.94]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>5.49]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 6 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 196.201.222.33</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>.25]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>38.17]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>5]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>54]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>98.111.50]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 16 342 ms 343 ms 342 ms 209.67.77.62</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 17 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 18 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 19 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 20 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 21 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 22 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 23 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 24 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 25 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 26 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 27 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 28 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 29 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> 30 * * * Request timed out.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Trace complete.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;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><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='color:black'>Listers</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;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><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>Open</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>Data</span><span style='color:black'> Portal on July 8, 2011 at the KICC that will</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span><span style='color:black'> for the first time</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span><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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:#1F497D'>The launch will be presided over by HE President Mwai Kibaki .</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Program commences at 9.30 tomorrow.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;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 style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>data</span><span style='color:black'> in graphs and maps and allow for easy comparison and analysis between datasets. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:black'>For web and software developers, the portal will avail </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>data</span><span style='color:black'> in useable formats like cvs, Excel and will even include APIs for each dataset.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:black'>The portal will be one of the first and largest government </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>data</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 style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>open</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>data</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> - </span><span style='color:black'>a movement that is gathering momentum globally. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='color:black'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.25pt;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='color:black'>What is </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>open</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>data</span><span style='color:black'>?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:black'>Public information and searchable information are two different things. Much public </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>data</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 style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>open</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>data</span><span style='color:black'>" and are not helpful to large-scale users.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:black'>To be </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>open</span><span style='color:black'>, </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>data</span><span style='color:black'> must be:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>easily found through search engines (meta-tagged)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>available in machine readable formats (CSV, XML, APIs not PDF)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>accessible by third party tools/applications (interoperable)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>allow others to use and re-use for non-commercial and commercial use (e.g Creative Commons Licences)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#F2EEE6;vertical-align:top'><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>Open</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>Data</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 style='color:#222222;background:#FFFF88'>data</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>This is therefore to invite you to the launch. You can register at the door on your arrival.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/lordmwesh%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/lordmwesh%40gmail.com</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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