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  • Kenya: Increased ICT funding to boost service delivery

    The Government is poised to improve service delivery following increased funding for the information and communications technology (ICT) sector.

    Grants to Government ministries and agencies involved in ICT projects leapt up, encouraging players in the sector who have been pushing for more funds. The Ministry of Information and Communications, the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Department of Resource Survey and Remote Sensing (DRSRS) and the e-Government directorate got a lion’s share of the funds.

  • Kenya: Information Law Must Demystify State Secrets

    To open up its operations to public scrutiny, the Government has drafted the Freedom of Information policy and Bill.

    The policy is a precursor to the Bill set to be tabled in Parliament. The Information and Communications ministry is organising meetings that bring together organisations and individuals who deal with information issues, particularly in the public sector and civil society.

  • Kenya: Job loss fears slow down switch to e-govt

    Restrictions of the Official Secrets Act and the fear of massive job losses are slowing down plans by the government to roll out a shared information platform, players have said.

    They said government departments were stalling because they feared digitising information under their custody might render their staff irrelevant.

    Only the Attorney-General’s chambers and Treasury — the two departments that have volunteered to take part in the pilot project for e-governance – have digitised information so far.

  • Kenya: Judiciary’s e-government project stillborn

    Going by what has transpired since Chief Justice Evan Gicheru presided over a high profile launch of a website for the Judiciary, Kenyans are set to wait much longer to reap benefits of an ambitious e-government programme on which the state plans to spend billions of tax-payers’ money.

    Those who saw Justice Gicheru click the mouse to become the first user of the website will certainly remember his promise that it marked the beginning of a process that would help the department remove a key obstacle to the efficient functioning of the justice system as it, among other things, gives the public a regular update of ongoings in courts.

  • Kenya: Kibaki wants Govt offices automated

    President Kibaki yesterday directed all Government offices to be computerised as the country strives to be the leading regional technology centre.

    The President, who was opening Safaricom House in Westlands, Nairobi, said the ministries should start the automation process which is aimed at reducing transaction costs.

  • Kenya: Land information system should be modernised

    Decision making in the real estate business, like all other businesses, depends on availability of information in the right form and at the right time. Information about the physical extent of property, the bundle of rights over that space, accurate details of the holders of those rights is important to all stakeholders in the real estate sector.

    In Kenya today, land information is held mostly in paper form and managed manually. Over the years, land information records have increased to unmanageable proportions, making service delivery ineffective. The current system does not support timely decision making about land.

  • Kenya: Local authorities adopt e-government

    These days, Andrew Mwangi, a resident of Witeithie in Thika district walks to a cyber cafe and downloads any information he needs on land rates. Previously, such information would have required him to visit the Municipality offices and spend almost the entire day interacting with the local bureaucracy.

    At the click of a mouse, he now has access to all that he needs, leaving him with enough time to attend to his business. This month, the Thika Municipal Council followed Nairobi in the launch of a website that makes it easier for residents to access information hitherto only found at the council offices.

  • Kenya: Local Broadcast Set to Go Digital

    The Government has said the broadcasting industry is expected to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting by 2015.

    This means that television and radio gadgets in the market would be obsolete with time.

    Therefore the Government has warned the local media industry of attempts by foreign companies to dump analogue broadcasting equipment.

  • Kenya: Look no further for Civil Service failure

    Performance in the Civil Service has been wanting for as long as Kenyans can remember.

    Being served satisfactorily at Government offices is rare and often, the officials are not in. A jacket or cardigan is all there may be to show that the official reported to the office, but took a walk on personal errands or other business.

    Bureaucracy is a major hurdle and the services take long for those who seek national identity cards, birth or death certificates, land title deeds, passports and to register companies or societies, among other things.

  • Kenya: Ministries to Get Internet Links

    The Kenyan and Canadian governments will jointly provide Sh3 billion with which to link up ministries to the internet.

    The linkage will enable the State to administer, transfer and use data in a centralised fashion. Such data may include land titles, an electronic voters roll and the companies register. Eventually the voters roll could enable balloting on-line and eliminate the long queues at polling centres.

  • Kenya: Ministry roots for installation of GPS gadgets on all cars

    From next year, all cars will be fitted with Global Position System (GPS) gadgets in a move meant to fight corruption among police officers, monitor speed, and verify car particulars.

    Information PS Bitange Ndemo said the government will start with public transport vehicles and roll out the technology to other cars by February.

    The move comes as the government rolls out e-government in the Transport ministry by setting up a centralised electronic data base to house car particulars such as ownership, compliance with traffic rules, and the number of times a vehicle has changed hands.

  • Kenya: Ministry to computerize, says Mwero

    The Ministry of Lands and Settlements is computerizing its departments in a bid to improve efficiency and service delivery.

    The exercise, dubbed Land Information Management System (LIMS) is in line with the state’s E-government strategy, said Permanent Secretary, Kombo Mwero.

  • Kenya: Mobiles transforming public service delivery

    With mobile device reach racing ahead of computer penetration and with increased uptake of mobile Internet in Kenya and the region, mobile services are quickly emerging as the new frontier in transforming government.

    This in essence makes public services more accessible and citizen-centric by extending the benefits of remote delivery of government services and information to those who are unable or unwilling to access public services through the traditional Internet.

  • Kenya: MPs Support E-Government Legislation

    Kenya's legislators have surprisingly added their voice in support of the transformation to electronic governance in their operations, both within parliament and in at the constituency level.

    During a two-day meeting held in Nairobi recently, the members of parliament (MPs) discussed various issues related to Kenya Information Society including e-government and ICT strategies in the country and what should be the role of parliamentarians in the process of implementation and monitoring.

  • Kenya: Nairobi goes for e-government

    The Government of Kenya is planning to set up an e-Government Services Office

    Plans for the office have been laid out in a document, Draft National Information and Communication Technology Policy, according to a report in the Nairobi newspaper The Nation.

  • Kenya: Online Doctor in Healthy Business

    Everyone has a question he has always wanted to ask a doctor, but did not have the time or the courage to do so. In Dr Peter Kibui's experience, every time he introduces himself as a doctor to strangers, they often catch up with him later to make that personal health inquiry.

    This was the inspiration behind Kenyandoctor.com, a platform for online medical consultation. The telemedicine concept is rapidly developing and people no longer have to spend long hours queuing to see doctors or keep quiet about those personal ailments.

  • Kenya: Online payments to boost tourism

    Lack of online payment systems is hampering the effective implementation of E-tourism in the country.

    Tourism Trust Fund Chief Executive Dr Dan Kagagi said Kenya should legalise electronic payment to make E-tourism a reality.

    "It is difficult to make online payments in Kenya and we have to go overseas for the facilities," he said.

  • Kenya: Opportunity for the State to boost relations with public

    One of the best results of the connected government summit in Mombasa last month is the proposed Citizens Relationship Management portal

    The aim of the CiRM is to enable citizens to have quick and easy access to information generated by different government ministries every day.

    The state doesn’t have a reputation for being customer-service driven, but should it embrace a CiRM, it will make a huge improvement in service delivery.

  • Kenya: Parliament is now online

    The launch of Parliament’s website is just a prelude of a major effort to make the House paperless.

    While launching the website www.parliament.go.ke on Friday, Speaker of the National Assembly Francis Ole Kaparo promised that whatever had to appear on the website had to be true, factual, accurate, right, correct and absolutely exact.

    "Since an honourable member should not be capable of lying, things said about them and Parliament should also not be untruths or half-truths".

  • Kenya: Peering into the future

    Recent mishaps and anomalies witnessed in the recently concluded elections in the country could likely be forestalled in future through the continued implementation of information technology throughout the process.

    One of the core reasons why the public feels aggrieved is the belief that the electoral process was wrought with incidences of fraud. Sentiments of such uncertainty were rife well before the final tallies were presented to the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman, Mr Samuel Kivuitu.

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