Presentation in the first workshop of the Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries project. Looking at the context of open data, and the research case study planned for 2013 - 2014. See http://www.opendataresearch.org/project/2013/drt

1. Open data study in Uganda and
Kenya
ODDC Network meeting in London:
April 2013
Beatrice Mugambe Executive Director
DRT Uganda

2. Indicators Uganda Kenya
Population (Millions) 34.1 41.9 (2011)
Population growth (% per annum) 3.4 3.2
Poverty (% below poverty line) 24.5 19.7
Maternal mortality (per 100,000) 438 360 (2010)
Life Expectancy (years) 53.5 57.7 (2013)
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live
births)
90
Literacy 73 87.4
Net primary Enrolment (%) 96
Completion to Primary 7 (%) 54
GDP (US$ Billions) 17.1 67.2
GDP per capita (US$ per annum) 516 1,507
HIV Prevalence 7.3 2

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Uganda Phone subscribers, 2007-
2011
Fixed Telephone Cellular Phone
• ICT sector has grown rapidly over the
past years
• Grew by 30.3% in 2009/10 accounting
for 3.3% of GDP
• About 50% of the population use cell
phones
• 3% of the population subscribe to
internet
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4. • Communications sector grew at 5.9% in
2010.
• Internet usage is at 12m, up from 7m in
2010.
• Mobile phone users has risen from 9m (
2006/07) to over 25m (2010/11).
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Capacity
No. Subscribers

5. Legal context (related to Open data)
UgandaConstitution Article 41
• “right of access to information
in the possession of the State
or any other organ or agency
of the State,” and requires
Parliament to “make laws
prescribing . . . the procedure
for obtaining access to that
information”
• Ug. Access to information
Act, 2005
Kenya Constitution Article 35
• Has freedom of information
clause that compels govt to
avail info & put in place the
institutional arrangements
for access to information.
• Kenya has Freedom of
Information Bill
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6. Open data organisational context
Uganda has no central
govt owned open data
•Biggest initiative is the
Uganda Open
Development Partnership.
Other initiatives: Devtrac,
UREPORT, Twaweza
Kenya has Kenya Open
Data Portal, launched in
July 2011
Other initiatives: YET TO
BE MAPPED
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8. Open data study in Uganda & Kenya:
How open data could contribute to poverty eradication in Kenya and
Uganda through its impact on resource allocation
Implementation
 Study tool designed and piloted
 Interviews carried out with 10 organisations including: Govt
ministries, NGOs and academia,
 Similar process is yet to start in Kenya
Challenges
 Understanding the concept of open data
 Limited initiatives to refer to
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10. Governance issues
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Resource allocation to poverty reduction sectors – to identify areas where
open data is being used (or planned) in policy debates & CSOs advocacy
programs.
Transparency and accountability apects– to trace evolution of institutions
working on these issues and how open data has or will be used.
Changing technological landscape - we will assess how availability of internet
& mobile phones have and will influence changes in use of open data.

11. Open datasets involved
•KODI/ www.opendata.go.ke uses various
datasets – poverty, local & national public
expenditure, health, education, etc.
www.opendev.ug / www.data.ug - datasets on
aid & budgets to health, education and agric
sectors; and datasets on intra-sector issues.
•U Report - not using any particular data sets,
but can benefit from datasets on socio-econ
&poldevet such as water & sanitation,
healthcare, education services,
•DevTrac - uses various datasets on national
services e.g. schools, health centers, water
points etc.
Case Studies
• KODI,
• Uganda Open Development
partnership,
• U-Report
• Devtrac.
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12. Thank you
• Beatrice Mugambe bmugambe@drt-ug.org
• Charles Lwanga-NtaleCharles.Lwanga-
Ntale@devinit.orgwww.devinit.org
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