Kenya has launched an Open Data portal, the first African country to make government data accessible to the ordinary citizen on an Internet-based platform.
The portal will allow users to compare information at national, province and county levels. Users will also create maps and other visualisations and directly download data on their computer or mobile phone.
The Kenya Open Data Portal uses published data from various ministries on indicators like government spending at national and county level, Constituency Development Fund budget allocation and the status of projects in the county, data from the national census capturing demographic and development information, as well as the location of key infrastructure in the county, such as health facilities and schools.
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President Kibaki, who launched the portal (http://www.opendata.go.ke/), said it will improve accountability and transparency because all government and county information will be open to the public. “Government recognizes that information is power and an informed citizenry is empowered,” he said at the KICC in Nairobi.
read some more: NairobiStar.com/national
President Kibaki, who launched the portal (http://www.opendata.go.ke/), said it will improve accountability and transparency because all government and county information will be open to the public. “Government recognizes that information is power and an informed citizenry is empowered,” he said at the KICC in Nairobi.
read some more: NairobiStar.com/national
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