Publish open data to spur innovation in public service delivery and development (KE0026)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Kenya Action Plan 2020-2022
Action Plan Cycle: 2020
Status: Active
Institutions
Lead Institution: Kenya Space Agency, ICT Authority, Council of Governors, Office of the Controller of Budget,
Support Institution(s): Other actors involved – Government Office of the Deputy President, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), Office of Controller of Budget, State Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Surveys, Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), National Disaster Operations Centre, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), National Land Commission (NLC) and Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC). Other actors involved – CSOs, private sector, working groups, multilaterals etc. Local Development Research Institute (LDRI), Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), ESRI, Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa), Geospatial Society of Kenya (GeoSK), Women in GIS, Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet), Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), United Nations Development Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, CODATA, Data Trace International Ltd and LocateIT Ltd.
Policy Areas
Access to Information, Automated Decision-Making, Capacity Building, Digital Governance, E-Government, Gender, Land Rights & Spatial Planning, Marginalized Communities, Open Data, Public Service Delivery, Science & Technology, SubnationalDescription
We will lower the barrier and increase access to timely, affordable, up-to-date, and accurate data for socioeconomic development in order to reduce inequality and improve evidence-based decision-making for enhanced service delivery.
Objectives Promote transparent and accountable use of publicly funded research data for open science to spur innovation and knowledge creation, public expenditures, Earth Observations and geo-spatial information to enable academia, citizens, innovators and other data communities harness its capability for use in the areas of health, agriculture, water, physical and land-use planning, disaster management, natural resources management, environmental conservation and climate change.
Status quo Analysis-ready Earth Observations Data - datasets that have been processed to allow analysis with minimum additional user effort and infrastructure - and information are currently not easily available or accessible to data communities such as farmers, planners, surveyors, health workers, academia and first responders in disaster. Data on public expenditures and location of capital projects in datasets that are also analysis-ready and can be used by both government and non-state actors is also not easy to find. County planning is guided by Section 102-115 of the County Government Act, 2012. County Governments are required to prepare a 5-year County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) that informs annual budget of a county, a 10-year County Sectoral Plan, a 10-year County Spatial Plan, and city and municipal plans based on geographic information system (GIS). Clause 105 (f), in particular, obligates counties to establish a GIS based database system to be used as a tool for planning and implementation of development programmes in order to ensure inequalities in resource allocation are addressed. However, these requirements are currently at disparate levels of implementation. Further, current Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Resilience interventions at national and sub-national level are not supported by accurate and timely data.
Ambition The initiative will help provide affordable access to analysis-ready data in open standards, including publishing, and where possible disaggregated to include gender, minorities etc. The intent is to publish and share algorithms for re-use, through openly accessible platforms. This will enable decision makers and innovators leverage on open data to create products and services that are more context specific to cater for service gaps to farmers, policy makers, health workers in aid of every day decision making and action. The infrastructure will also be repurposed to ensure adequate disaster preparedness, faster response and recovery
No. Verifiable and measurable milestones to fulfill commitment Status of milestone Start Date End Date 1. Regularly update the Kenya Open Data portal Ongoing February 2021 May 2022 2. Include GIS information of capital projects in County budgets Ongoing February 2021 May 2022 3. Establish conditional grant to support development of geographic information system laboratories (GIS Labs), and digitization of development control New February 2021 May 2022 4. Support development and implementation of Spatial Plans through technical assistance, capacity building and sensitization, infrastructure development and data provision in at least five Counties New February 2021 May 2022 5. Integrate use of analysis-ready data for development and disaster risk reduction Ongoing February 2021 May 2022 6. Support the implementation of a Disaster Early Warning System New February 2021 May 2022 7. Develop demand driven market for dissemination of simplified data products for decision making and action for different data communities (Governments, Civil Society, citizens) New February 2021 May 2022 8. Open Research Data-Open science to accelerate Knowledge creation and Innovation (CODATA) New June 2021 May 2022 9. Development of Data Policies, Data Management Plans for at least five counties New June 2021 May 2022
Commitments
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Create public beneficial ownership register
KE0024, 2020, Access to Information
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Implement e-government system adopting Open Contracting Data Standard
KE0025, 2020, Access to Information
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Publish open data to spur innovation in public service delivery and development
KE0026, 2020, Access to Information
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Increase efforts to promote public participation in the legislative process
KE0027, 2020, E-Government
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Apply County Peer Review Mechanism to improve public service delivery
KE0028, 2020, E-Government
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Implement Access to Information Act
KE0029, 2020, Access to Information
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Implement legislation to increase access to justice
KE0030, 2020, Access to Justice
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Build institutional support of OGP
KE0031, 2020, Capacity Building
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Beneficial Ownership
KE0018, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Contracting
KE0019, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Geo-Spatial Data for Development
KE0020, 2018, Access to Information
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Public Participation
KE0021, 2018, Capacity Building
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Governance Indices
KE0022, 2018, Capacity Building
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Open Government Resiliency
KE0023, 2018, Capacity Building
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More Transparent and Participatory Development of Climate Polices at the National and Subnational Level
KE0010, 2016, Access to Information
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Enhancing Preventive and Punitive Mechanisms in the Fight Against Corruption and Unethical Practices
KE0011, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Enhance Transparency in the Legislative Process
KE0012, 2016, E-Government
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Publish Oil and Gas Contracts
KE0013, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Ensure Greater Transparency Around Bids and Contracts
KE0014, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Create Transparent Public Procurement Process, Public Oversight of Expenditure and Ensure Value-For-Money Towards Citizen Priorities
KE0015, 2016, Access to Information
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Improving Access to Government Budget Information and Creating Wider and More Inclusive Structures for Public Participation
KE0016, 2016, E-Government
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Enhance Right to Information
KE0017, 2016, Access to Information
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Improving Transparency in Electoral Processes: 1.A. Definition of Electoral Boundaries and Name.
KE0001, 2012, Media & Telecommunications
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Improving Transparency in Electoral Processes: 2.B. Voting Information Online
KE0002, 2012, Access to Information
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Promoting Public Participation: 1.B. End-To-End Service Delivery Portal
KE0003, 2012, E-Government
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Promoting Public Participation: 1.D. Public Complaints Portal
KE0004, 2012, E-Government
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Promoting Public Participation: 2.C. Kenya Action Plan Online
KE0005, 2012, Public Participation
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Promoting Public Participation: 1.C. Open Data Portal
KE0006, 2012, Access to Information
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Improving Transparency in the Judiciary: 2.A. Public Vetting of Judges and Case Allocation System
KE0007, 2012, E-Government
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Open Budgets: 3.a. Improve Kenya's OBI Index
KE0008, 2012, Fiscal Openness
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Open Budgets: 3.B. Increase Public Participation in Budgetary Processes
KE0009, 2012, Access to Information