PRESENTATION TO “EGOV IN PRACTICE“
PARTICIPANTS IN ISRAEL
16TH JUNE., 2009
ABOUT KENYA
GAINED INDEPENDENCE IN 1963
KENYA IS A REPUBLIC STATE
LOCATED IN EAST AFRICA ,HAS
583,000 SQ. KM.
HAS A POPULATION OF APPROX. 35 MILLION PEOPLE
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL IS NAIROBI
KENYA IS RICH IN AGRI CULTURE AND TOURISM
Why e-Government ?
Little
Impact
Not
Accountable
Scattered Systems
Many Pilots
Waste of
Resources
Duplication
No Joint Planning
Competition for
funds
No sharing
Own Agenda
No Focus
Vague Objectives
No Overall strategy
No Clear Goals
Conception of e-Government?
CABINET APPROVED E-GOVERNMENT STRATEGY IN 2004
KEY OBJECTIVES
TO IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY USING ICT
MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE TRANSPARENT
IMPROVE CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IN POLICY
MAKING
E-GOVERNMENT STARTEGY ANCHORED IN FOUR(4)
PILLARS
1
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
-----High Level
Commitment----
- ---Coordination and
harmonisation of e-Gov
projects------ ----ICT Units to
implement e-Gov
Strategy in ministries--
CABINET
COMMITTEE ON EGOVERNMENT
DIRECTORATE
OF EGOVERNMENT
ICT UNITS IN
MINISTRIES
2
e-Gov Infrastructure
---Internet and
applications access----Data storage and
back ups-----inter-government
communication------increase ratio of
computer to staff---
COMMON CORE
INFRASTRUCTURE
(LAN,MAN,WAN)
DATA CENTERS
COMPUTERS
3
Capacity Building
---Employ
Information
Technology Officer-----Train Civil Servants
on Computer Use
Across Government—
--Continuous
Professional Training
to IT officers---
ICT LITERACY
ACROSS THE
CIVIL SERVICE
EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY
SKILLS
COMPETENCY
TEAMS
4
e-Government Applications
-Government to
Citizens-Government to
GovernmentGovernment to
Business-
ONLINE
SERVICES
ELECTRONIC
TRANSACTIONS
DOCUMENT
MANAGEMENT
& WORKFLOW
SYSTEMS
Achievements so Far
Metropolitan Fibre Network
connecting 29 Buildings in
Nairobi(Government Common
Core Network)
Police
Abstract
Forms National
Online Backup
Data centre
Integrated
ongoing
Financial
Management
System
Integrated
Payroll and
Personnel
Database
Integrated
Population and
Registration
System
Pension
Management
Passport and ID
Information
Tracking using
System
Mobile Phones
Enterprise
Messaging
and
Collaboration
System
PUBLIC
SERVICE
COMMISSION
Online Job
Adverts &
Applications
Challenges
People
60%
Technology
20%
POLICY
15%
Fear
5%