<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Nanjira for the article. FOI could not have come at a more timely time given that we're in campaign mode. </div><div>For a start, it would be great to get info on how incumbent leaders hopeful of another chance have used public resources these past four years.</div><div><br></div><div>But despite the optimistic tone of the piece, I remain skeptical. Our journalists have had other digital tools to monitor public officials and their work, but don't have a great track record of using them consistently. E.g. </div><div>Code for Africa's <a href="https://biscuitindex.codeforkenya.org/">Biscuit Index</a>, which shows how the amount allocated for county budgets - Code for Africa calls it 'tea and biscuits' - relates to the amount of money a <i>mwananchi</i> spends on basic necessities. I've seen a couple of stories based on it, but not the sustained, in-depth analysis that the index actually allows. </div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps it is we citizens who will need to get curious and take up the tool. Wouldn't it be nice to see our police stations opening the OB book, and telling citizens which officers are manning which roadside checks?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Nanjira Sambuli 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 style="word-wrap:break-word">Here’s how Article19 East Africa and mySociety envision such to work in Kenya: <a href="https://www.mysociety.org/2017/01/09/why-we-believe-a-digital-foi-tool-can-improve-kenyan-journalism-and-empower-citizens-at-the-same-time/" target="_blank">https://www.mysociety.<wbr>org/2017/01/09/why-we-believe-<wbr>a-digital-foi-tool-can-<wbr>improve-kenyan-journalism-and-<wbr>empower-citizens-at-the-same-<wbr>time/</a> <br><div>
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