Open Knowledge

Kenya / 2013 20% open

Kenya is ranked #59 in the 2013 Index

Rank Dataset Breakdown Location (URL) Format Info Prev. Score
1 Legislation
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http://www.kenyalaw.org:8181/e... XML, ... n/a 100%
1 Legislation
URL: http://www.kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/kenyalex/index.xql
Format: XML, PDF, Word

The primary format is XML. Acts and other pieces of legislation can be downloaded for free in different formats including PDF and DOC. Another viable and good source is the Kenya Parliament website: http://www.parliament.go.ke/ in pdf formats too.


35 Election Results
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http://www.iebc.or.ke/index.ph... PDF n/a 45%
35 Election Results
URL: http://www.iebc.or.ke/index.php/resources/downloads/item/summary-of-2013-presidential-results-declared-on-932013
Format: PDF

Some of the other results were published later for example on county elections, women representatives and so on but still timely (July 2013). Copyright statement on site - non-open (Sander van der Waal, 20/10/2013)


58 Government Budget
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http://treasury.go.ke/index.ph... PDF n/a 35%
58 Government Budget
URL: http://treasury.go.ke/index.php/resource-center/cat_view/79-budget-
Format: PDF

Data also exists on the Kenya Open Data (KODI) portal, with more details (sector, county) but this is not updated. We chose the most significant data sources going forward and trackable as far back as possible. The ministries have changed with the new dispensation and the budget datasets on KODI are not only outdated but span only two financial years.


64 National Statistics
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http://statistics.knbs.or.ke n/a n/a 10%
64 National Statistics
URL: http://statistics.knbs.or.ke


The Kenya National Bureau of statistics which is the central government agency that collects data has statistics on census, economic activities, demographics. It has many channels through which the some of the data is distributed, with links for these pages on their website, one of which is the Kenya Open Data Initiative (KODI). However there seems to be no standard for distributing data. Some are available and open e.g. KODI but some are available on the KNBS website itself but not open. Some of these are not charged while others are. KNBS applies a statistics act and a form has to be submitted for data requests. On the plus side some include metadata, background information, data description. On the Kenya Open Data portal, the datasets are mostly from KNBS but not up to date.


58 Company Register
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n/a n/a n/a 5%
58 Company Register


Data is not available anywhere online but it is available upon request at the respective government office. There is a fee for the 'search' to de done and am not very sure in what format the requesting person receives the data. I am also not sure if the data at the offices iS fully digital though this could be possible and unfortunately I cannot verify in good time.


55 Transport Timetables
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55 Transport Timetables


The Kenyan public transport system is mostly run by the private sector. Some long distance buses will have travel timetables pinned on the wall in their offices or posted on their websites. The Railway is owned by a private company - Rift Valley Railyway. The only government affiliated public transport system is a railway service but this only serves a section of Nairobi (from Syokimau to Nairobi).


40 Government Spending
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40 Government Spending


Datasets on the national open data portal are only yearly aggregates. https://opendata.go.ke/browse?category=Public+Finance


48 Location datasets
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48 Location datasets


The data that is available from the official postal website by search does not have geolocations nor corresponding geospatial locations in terms of a latitude and a longitude (or similar co-ordinates in an openly published national co-ordinate system) hence the answer is data does not exist.


57 National Map
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57 National Map


No map published by the government was found.


53 Pollutant Emissions
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53 Pollutant Emissions


There is no data available online but this does not rule out the possibility that the data may be available in paper or digitally but just not online on government websites and sources.


Contributors

Reviewers

  • Georg Neumann
  • Gil Zaretzer
  • Kamil Gregor
  • Tryggvi Björgvinsson
  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Zach Christensen
  • Bruce Hoo Fung
  • anonymous
  • Nisha Thompson
  • yar michl
  • Rebecca Sentance
  • Christian Villum
  • Neal Bastek

Submitters

  • Oleg Lavrovsky
  • Serah Rono
  • Mor Rubinstein
  • anonymous
  • Christian Villum
  • Tryggvi Björgvinsson