<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Walu,Listners,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Just a reminder that access to information is enshrined in Article 35 of our Constitution and is therefore unlikely to go anywhere soon.However,in my view, there is need for legislation to create an institutional framework in order to facilitate the realisation of that Right hence the need for Freedom of Information Act.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>John Kariuki</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ngethe.kariuki2007@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> Friday, 10 May 2013, 11:51<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] US and OpenData vs Kenyan Situation<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7706740488"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Just wondering,<br><br>In the likely departure of both PS Ndemo and CEO Paul Kukubo, I wonder how much TTL (time to live) there is for our https://opendata.go.ke/ initiative. <br><br>Contrast below:<br>~~~~<br><div class="yiv7706740488content-inner"><div>Today, as he heads to Austin, Texas, for a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/05/08/president-obama-headed-austin-heres-why">Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour</a>, President Obama signed an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/09/executive-order-making-open-and-machine-readable-new-default-government-">Executive Order</a>
directing historic steps to make government-held data more accessible
to the public and to entrepreneurs and others as fuel for innovation and
economic growth. The Executive Order declares that information is a
valuable resource and strategic asset for the Nation. We couldn’t agree
more.</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">
</div><div>http://wh.gov/J5tb</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">~~~~</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">walu.<br></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe
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