The Open Institute, Techsoup Global and Making All Voices Count successfully organized the second Buntwani conference Johannesburg, South Africa. Coming a year after holding the first Buntwani in Nairobi, Kenya, the conference was a global gathering of actors from the civil society, technology, donor, research, government and policy sectors focusing on the intersection of governance…
Yesterday at the World Bank in Washington DC, I had the pleasure to spend lunch hour reflecting with colleagues there about the progress that Kenya is making with bringing government closer to citizens – especially using devolution. In my reflections, I also discussed not just the practical gaps that exist in making devolution work, but…
At the foundation of strengthening good governance and better service delivery in Kenya lies the ability of the government and civil society organisations to engage with citizens. A major obstacle to the strengthening of this ability is capacity and awareness of citizen engagement best practices and optimal usage of technological tools that strengthen citizen engagement…
