<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Mwendwa</div><div><br></div><div>More importantly should be the question what are we doing with the current data. There are also emerging new initiatives like the County/Focused initiative in conjunction with Strathmore and the Governors' council called <a href="http://Utawalaafrica.org">Utawalaafrica.org</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Oct 30, 2014, at 1:03 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Ali,<br><br>Open Data is on the strategic plan for MICT and ICTA. See <a href="http://www.icta.go.ke/draft-ogp-action-plan-kenya-2014/" target="_blank">http://www.icta.go.ke/draft-ogp-action-plan-kenya-2014/</a><br><br></div><div>I have heard users of that platform say it does not have updated data sets. I don''t know how true that is.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br>L: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lordmwesh" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lordmwesh</a><br>B: <a href="http://lord.me.ke/" target="_blank">http://lord.me.ke/</a><br>T: <a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br><br><div><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px;white-space:pre-wrap">"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson</span><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 October 2014 02:42, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>We have been really silent about open data for a while. It's time we take stock and ask whether we can breath new life into this initiative. As we reflect on it an article I found should put into perspective the gains, set backs and why this issue should be kept alive.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://datascience.co.ke/blog/the-underplayed-outcomes-of-kenya-open-data-initiative/" target="_blank">http://datascience.co.ke/blog/the-underplayed-outcomes-of-kenya-open-data-initiative/</a></div><div><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><a href="tel:%2B254%20770%20906375" value="+254770906375" target="_blank">+254 770 906375</a> / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"></p><font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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