Muraya, 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. 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 :-) walu. ________________________________ From: S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:19 AM Subject: [kictanet] Open Data Initiative being frustrated, says Matiang’i - Business_News - nation.co.ke http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Open-Data-Initiative-being-frustrated-... _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.