Attn: Serikali Help us help you by telling us how we can help you. Please respond to these threads. We know how to develop the tech skills you need... -----Original Message----- From: Henry Okatch <hokatch@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, 1 April 2011 10:17 To: murigi.muraya@gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Statistics on Kenya Road Accidents It is very unfortunate that in this day and age, government agencies still cannot take advantage of ICT to relay some relevant information (And here am talking about statistics of whatever nature) Even if it is a subscription service, it would still be helpful. I have for the past few months been following keenly and trying to gather information about recent road accident statistics and the only statistics available are as of 2002! And this was based on a research done by UON and KU professers Am sure there are government officials from various ministries on this platform, following silently, Can somebody kindly have the hardcopy of those reports/research/statics et al, being put on soft and made available online! It sometimes become very frustrating being thrown from one dept to another when all you wanted was just information. Rgds Henry On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com> wrote: At least, good people, the Kenya Police website isn't currently hacked into :) Have a lovely Friday, Andrea On 1 April 2011 09:38, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote: On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 23:02, Henry Okatch < [The entire original message is not included]
In the best interests of Kenyans, I think the ICT board should pick this up and oversee frequent publication of such statistics of accidents, where they happened and if possible probable causes and companies involved. On 1 April 2011 10:47, <eonchari@lynxbits.com> wrote:
The force is ill equipped (technology & skill wise) to gather such data, but I still think there is hope. Why not create a framework (with income as an incentive) for "Gen Y" crowd etc to create such content?
I beg to differ. I remember a time listening to KBC Kiswahili Service and someone from the Police Traffic department came every Friday and broke down previous weeks accidents by province including casualties and fatalities, and i do not think he was making this up
On 01/04/2011, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
In the best interests of Kenyans, I think the ICT board should pick this up and oversee frequent publication of such statistics of accidents, where they happened and if possible probable causes and companies involved.
On 1 April 2011 10:47, <eonchari@lynxbits.com> wrote:
The force is ill equipped (technology & skill wise) to gather such data, but I still think there is hope. Why not create a framework (with income as an incentive) for "Gen Y" crowd etc to create such content?
I beg to differ. I remember a time listening to KBC Kiswahili Service and someone from the Police Traffic department came every Friday and broke down previous weeks accidents by province including casualties and fatalities, and i do not think he was making this up
The cop's name was Inspector Kariuki (can't tell his other name) and he's retired.
If the ICT Board were to delve into this, then there's no saying what statistics they should NOT publish - cost of agri inputs, rainfall, tourist arrivals, migration patterns of birds? hmm? I think its enough that the board has part of its mandate to computerise different ministries/departments/etc and then at their level such issues can be taken up (min of tourism, KTB, Kenya Police, min of agric. etc etc). That aside, perhaps AKI might be a good resource for such statistics since MVs invariably have to be the cause of or be involved in an accident (pedestrian, cyclist, motorist...building, etc)... On 1 April 2011 11:11, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
In the best interests of Kenyans, I think the ICT board should pick this up and oversee frequent publication of such statistics of accidents, where they happened and if possible probable causes and companies involved.
On 1 April 2011 10:47, <eonchari@lynxbits.com> wrote:
The force is ill equipped (technology & skill wise) to gather such data, but I still think there is hope. Why not create a framework (with income as an incentive) for "Gen Y" crowd etc to create such content?
I beg to differ. I remember a time listening to KBC Kiswahili Service and someone from the Police Traffic department came every Friday and broke down previous weeks accidents by province including casualties and fatalities, and i do not think he was making this up
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On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 08:37, Francis Hook <francis.hook@gmail.com> wrote:
If the ICT Board were to delve into this, then there's no saying what statistics they should NOT publish - cost of agri inputs, rainfall, tourist arrivals, migration patterns of birds? hmm? I think its enough that the board has part of its mandate to computerise different ministries/departments/etc and then at their level such issues can be taken up (min of tourism, KTB, Kenya Police, min of agric. etc etc).
I doubt the ICT Board has the capacity to achieve it's mandate to computerize different ministries/departments/etc. Did you say that falls within their mandate? If it does, I am interested in knowing how they have planned to go about it. What is the Life Cycle plan for the realization of that mandate? I hope it's not just like buying computers and dumping them into every office in the ministry/dept/etc - for that, too, is computerization:)
That aside, perhaps AKI might be a good resource for such statistics since MVs invariably have to be the cause of or be involved in an accident (pedestrian, cyclist, motorist...building, etc)...
AKI, at the moment, deals with accidents and "accidents" and IMHO, have very sketchy statistics. Do you know if they have a central DB to which they can give the public "read only" access? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
Dear Listers Below is a link of an article of the transport intergrated management system being developed,this system will contain all this traffic data,and other data like drivers license data and query mechanisms,TLB reports open to the public . http://goo.gl/hQ2Xo regards On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:57 AM, S.Murigi Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com>wrote:
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------------------------------ From: Henry Okatch <hokatch@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, 1 April 2011 10:17 To: murigi.muraya@gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Statistics on Kenya Road Accidents
It is very unfortunate that in this day and age, government agencies still cannot take advantage of ICT to relay some relevant information (And here am talking about statistics of whatever nature)
Even if it is a subscription service, it would still be helpful. I have for the past few months been following keenly and trying to gather information about recent road accident statistics and the only statistics available are as of 2002! And this was based on a research done by UON and KU professers
Am sure there are government officials from various ministries on this platform, following silently, Can somebody kindly have the hardcopy of those reports/research/statics et al, being put on soft and made available online!
It sometimes become very frustrating being thrown from one dept to another when all you wanted was just information.
Rgds Henry
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Andrea Bohnstedt < andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com> wrote:
At least, good people, the Kenya Police website isn't currently hacked into :)
Have a lovely Friday, Andrea
On 1 April 2011 09:38, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 23:02, Henry Okatch < <hokatch@gm>
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Sometimes it can be disheartening knowing that we have brilliant ideas and methodologies to achieve such. However, the only place I get to see them is in my inbox. There must be a serious disconnect somewhere. If the government could only look at it as a means to streamline its operations and potentially save taxpayers moneys for other development efforts, It would be willing to take some of these ideas and run with them, at the very least just to see how viable they can be instead of stagnating with colonial relics of systems. On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Twahir Mohamed <tmohamed@ict.go.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers Below is a link of an article of the transport intergrated management system being developed,this system will contain all this traffic data,and other data like drivers license data and query mechanisms,TLB reports open to the public .
regards
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:57 AM, S.Murigi Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com>wrote:
Attn: Serikali
Help us help you by telling us how we can help you. Please respond to these threads.
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------------------------------ From: Henry Okatch <hokatch@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, 1 April 2011 10:17 To: murigi.muraya@gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Statistics on Kenya Road Accidents
It is very unfortunate that in this day and age, government agencies still cannot take advantage of ICT to relay some relevant information (And here am talking about statistics of whatever nature)
Even if it is a subscription service, it would still be helpful. I have for the past few months been following keenly and trying to gather information about recent road accident statistics and the only statistics available are as of 2002! And this was based on a research done by UON and KU professers
Am sure there are government officials from various ministries on this platform, following silently, Can somebody kindly have the hardcopy of those reports/research/statics et al, being put on soft and made available online!
It sometimes become very frustrating being thrown from one dept to another when all you wanted was just information.
Rgds Henry
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Andrea Bohnstedt < andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com> wrote:
At least, good people, the Kenya Police website isn't currently hacked into :)
Have a lovely Friday, Andrea
On 1 April 2011 09:38, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 23:02, Henry Okatch < <hokatch@gm>
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