<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Muraya,<br><br>Its the attitude more than the laws. Yes a law forcing govt officials to surrender data is good but retraining of civil servants attitude to abandon the colonial era of "Serikali" swahili for Government being synonymous to "Siri-kali" = "Top-Secret" is better. <br><br>Today, one mays still receive government correspondence inviting you to attend some innocent public ICT meeting but stamped "Confidential" meaning "dont dare open unless..." "Sirikali" syndrome at work :-)<br><br>walu.<br><br><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 face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> S.M. Muraya
<murigi.muraya@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@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> Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:19 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Open Data Initiative being frustrated, says Matiang’i - Business_News - nation.co.ke<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0382033154"><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Open-Data-Initiative-being-frustrated-says-Matiangi/-/1006/1866216/-/view/printVersion/-/qoentu/-/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Open-Data-Initiative-being-frustrated-says-Matiangi/-/1006/1866216/-/view/printVersion/-/qoentu/-/index.html</a></div>
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