<div dir="ltr">Thank you Stephen,<div><br></div><div>I like your idea of an open data portal and a single webpage for all sorts of communications and statistics regarding covid 19. Can <a href="http://covid-19.ke">covid-19.ke</a> resemble that of John hopkins?</div><div><br></div><div>I also know we have various community network projects driven by some of our members on this list. How can they coordinate with the ministry of health to provide content in the local languages and in forms that are easily consumed in the areas where the community networks serve?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 12:09 PM Stephen Machua <<a href="mailto:stephenmachua@gmail.com">stephenmachua@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good Morning Liz,<div><br></div><div>I see an opportunity for Open Data to boost transparency+future preparedness, e.g. a portal/site where Kenyans and interested parties can track progress on;</div><div><br></div><div>a) Donations received and their allocations (Monetary + in-kind) e.g. World Bank has already given $50M, Danish Government $3.2M </div><div>b) Medical supplies (produced + donated) and their allocations </div><div>c) Average spending per patient until recovery in different hospitals across the country - might inform future preparedness </div><div><br></div><div>Basically, trying to capture as much data as we can and learn from this process.</div><div><br></div><div>Hoping to hear what other listers think, especially those in open data. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Stephen Machua </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 12:59 AM Liz Orembo via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning listers,</div><div><br></div><div>The senate has established an ad-hoc committee that will oversee the responses of the national and county governments to the covid 19 pandemic. The committee has issued a call for submissions on the following themes.</div><div><ol><li><b>Health </b>- includes community health, testing centers, mental health, role and engagement of county governments.</li><li><b>Economic and Finance Issues - </b>Includes macro economic effects, measures that the government can take to cushion SMEs and borrowers.</li><li><b>Social, Public order and Human Rights - </b> Includes protection of vulnerable groups, and enforcement of curfews </li><li><b>Access to Food, Water and other basic commodities </b>Includes measures to support continuous production and supply of essential services at affordable prices. Food, water etc</li><li><b>Support services and cross cutting issues - </b>Includes awareness creation, how to combat stigmatization and network access across the country.</li></ol></div><div><br></div><div>Listers, what are your views? How can ICTs help in these 5 areas? and how can the government improve its communication and network connectivity across the country? </div><div><br></div><div>Please find attached the call for public participation with more details. The deadline for submission is 8th April. </div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div><font style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif" size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best regards.<br>
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