CheChe Live - ICTs driving Judicial Reforms
Listers, For those who watched CheChe live this morning will agree with me that the discussions on Judicial reforms was very refreshing! (and informative). Gladys Boss Shollei did a great job in fielding questions from the trio. What struck me is the central role ICTs will play in the reforms - the Judicial Transformation Framework (Plan) will be launched tomorrow (we should be able to see the place of ICTs in this document). What was equally exciting was the extent of citizen engagement using ICTs tools with the judiciary have launched a short code, email link and online submission of pending cases to help them analyze and deal with years of backlog! They are also currently piloting the payment of fines by mpesa to be rolled out soon (I think someone on this list suggested this...it is happening). While this is exciting, many questions still linger - do we have the legislative framework that recognizes digital records as admissible evidence in court? (what became of the FOI and data protection bills?). what steps could be taken to ensure international standards/framework for records management is followed in this process to avoid digitizing inefficiencies? I'm sure there is a host of other questions. Listers will recall sometime back we had a week long discussion on these issues on this list based on research work done in the region, Kenya included (see attached reports as a reminder). One of the themes discussed on this list was "Electronic Records and Citizens' Access to Justice". Very vibrant discussions happened with good suggestions emerging on what should be taken into account - Grace/Alice, was the discussion report shared? Can we have a copy. I think the judiciary should get a copy of the recommendations from this list on this theme "Electronic Records and Citizens' Access to Justice". May be this is an opportune time to engage with the judiciary as they wholly embrace ICTs to ensure that some of the issues raised in that report by listers is taken into consideration as they reform. CheChe should continue with this high-level type of debate (avoiding too much politics!) so Kenyans can engage with real issues that affect them and hold our leaders to account. I wish the CheChe debate could continue in some form online after the hour slot (much like THE STREAM on Al Jazeera) even if not moderated by the trio. Think about it Makali and co. I like the parting shot of the show when Gladys was asked by a Kenyan if she aspires to be the Next President! That should send a big signal to 2012 aspirants that Kenyans are looking for performers this time round! Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist Climate Change and Water Program Agriculture and Environment International Development Research Centre Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Liason House 2nd floor, State House Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya +254-20-2713160/1 | Fax: +254-20-2711063 | Mobile: +254-733-624345 eadera@idrc.ca | www.idrc.ca | www.crdi.ca
Edith Great bringing up Cheche interview this morning I watched it as well and Shollei did very well. I particularly share her frustrations in that the Judicial reforms need to touch on all arms of Justice i.e. the courts, the police, the defense teams, the prisions and even to a great extent even the health care institutions where critical evidence is collected Simply put the country needs to have intergrated systems to fully optimise the value of ICT's I dare say a lot of Job and entrepreneurial opportunities could viral out of these initiatives for example nairobi metropolitan installs CCTv for crime monitoring, same cameras used for traffic control and as evidence in courts, innovative Kenyans develop apps for traffic mgt which requires smart public transport etc etc the list of opprtunity is endless but it starts with an intergrated well thoought out action and implementation plan Regards Sally Kimeu Cisco Systems Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -----Original Message----- From: Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+sallykimeu=gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 18:34:22 To: <sallykimeu@gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] CheChe Live - ICTs driving Judicial Reforms _______________________________________________ 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/sallykimeu%40gmail.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.
Edith, Last week ISACA Kenya had a forum and top on the list was the Data protection and FOI if i am not wrong, Paul Kukubo brought it to our attention. Can any members of ISACA who were present in the meeting comment on the outcomes of the discussion? Best Regards On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Sally Kimeu <sallykimeu@gmail.com> wrote:
Edith
Great bringing up Cheche interview this morning I watched it as well and Shollei did very well. I particularly share her frustrations in that the Judicial reforms need to touch on all arms of Justice i.e. the courts, the police, the defense teams, the prisions and even to a great extent even the health care institutions where critical evidence is collected
Simply put the country needs to have intergrated systems to fully optimise the value of ICT's
I dare say a lot of Job and entrepreneurial opportunities could viral out of these initiatives for example nairobi metropolitan installs CCTv for crime monitoring, same cameras used for traffic control and as evidence in courts, innovative Kenyans develop apps for traffic mgt which requires smart public transport etc etc the list of opprtunity is endless but it starts with an intergrated well thoought out action and implementation plan
Regards Sally Kimeu Cisco Systems Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone
-----Original Message----- From: Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+sallykimeu= gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 18:34:22 To: <sallykimeu@gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] CheChe Live - ICTs driving Judicial Reforms
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