RIC-NET SETS UP DATA CENTER AT DENIVA, TRAINS STAFF

In the same spirit of promoting social accountability and increased access to information, CEW-IT through RIC-NET set up a data center at DENIVA head offices in Kampala on 17th Jan 2012. DENIVA Staff thereafter was trained in the use of E-plat forms on the 18th Jan 2012.
ICT CEWIT CU-Emmanuel Oluka took DENIVA staff through an over view of the Uchaguzi platform that was used during the 2011 elections. He showed them how it was used.
The essence of this was to introduce them to the HUDUMA platform that is going to be used during the social accountability project. He explained to the participants that Huduma is a Kiswahili word meaning “service delivery”. He said that this is being harmonized together with other partners in Kenya called Sodnet.
Emma went ahead elaborating that this platform was going to work just like the Uchaguzi platform. Members of public (Citizens) will be sending messages to 6333 a short code that is yet to be procured and those messages would be approved, sent and flagged to different people responsible for address. And that these messages will capture and focus on 5 major issues in the project namely;
 Water
 NAADS
 Health
 Education among others
The Huduma platform was discussed in details.
The Executive director RIC-NET further led the participants in the use of other e-platforms for easy communication and information sharing. Among others was the use of blogs where one was created for DENIVA, use of skype.

This was yet another session that members enjoyed and signed up for some of these e-platforms. LCDs (projectors) were later handed over to DENIVA for her the other data centers that are yet to be set up soon.