Wash, I think the bureacric system within the Kenyan government system is squarely to blame for this. We might have brilliant ideas but when it comes to implementation that's another thing, beacuase of this roadblock. It kills the motivatin that local content providers have. I also admire the Germany model, where most of the public domains - parliament (www.bundestag.de), their premier league (www.bundesliga.de) etc are in German. Regards, Solomon On 27/08/2011, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
I took a cue from Dr. Ochuodho's post and visited the website of Govt of South Sudan <http://www.goss.org/>website (GoSS). It was quite refreshing navigating the website. This led me to come back home for a comparison. I am not sure if what first came to mind what is the official website for the Govt of Kenya <http://www.kenya.go.ke> (GoK), but if it is, I must say, in the language preferred by generationY (or is it X), that *tuko tu down sana*because I assume we're supposed to be way ahead, to lead by example, if only I can take as an example what the Goss has done with our flag to come up with theirs.
Ok, I accept we've made a milestone with the Open Data initiative, but so what? Is the website as elusive to us as the national dress? I wish I knew who to blame, and be able to give them a call, like you can do with the GoSS.
Surprisingly, our own Dr. Shem Ochuodho is the one pulling most of the strings in South Sudan. Nkt.
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