Map Kibera Mapping Counties on OpenStreetMap
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Hi, everyone. Good morning. My name is Zakariya Muindi. As you can see on the presentation, supposed to be Joshua Gure, but he couldn't make it to be with us because of other reasons. So I'm just stepping in for him. We work together at Map2Bera. So in this presentation,
00:22
I'll be sharing about the work that you've been doing with the county government, introducing them to open source tools, such as OpenStreetMap and also CoboCollect for data collection.
00:48
So some background about public participation process in Kenya. So in 2010, after many years of trying to work on our constitution, we finally promulgated a new constitution
01:06
that, with a new constitution, came with a new legal system of government. So we now had a national government, then we also had the county government. So currently, there are 47 of them. So each county government has like a structure of government is we
01:25
have a governor, then we have a senate, then members of county assembly. So the other thing that also came with that system of government is that, one, it also introduced devolved, the resources were now going to be devolved. So instead of just waiting
01:42
on the national government, each county had like their own system of government where some of the resources and services were going to be devolved. So the other thing is, it also brought in another aspect, which is public participation. So from the
02:02
constitution, it's mandated that 30% of the budget that's being allocated by the county government, 30% of it has to undergo what you call public participation. So that means annually when the county government are preparing the financial plan for the year,
02:23
they have to hold what you call public participation, where they're calling the members of public, and they have to identify the projects that they would like to be implemented by the county government. So annually, we shall have those meetings that are conveyed in different world levels within the county. And these are some of the foundations for
02:47
public participation. One, it enhances transparency in how the county government is using the resources and the finances, then also introduces accountability. So if everything is made public
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and the public are also involved in the process, then it enhances some sense of accountability. Then also, again, there's that aspect of participation. So initially, with the previous form of government, everything was decided by the initial government, so we didn't have
03:21
any participation from the public. But now with this system of where the budget has to go through public participation, then it brings in the citizen in the process of resource allocation and also planning for the budget for the county. So World Bank has been supporting
03:42
the counties in what is referred as participatory budgeting. So it's basically the same process, but now in some of the counties, the World Bank has been helping them to come up with guidelines and reason out and get the public in this process.
04:00
So in Kenya, so far, they've worked in Makueni, Barringo, West Bocote, Kweli and Elbeo-Marakwet. So those are the pilot counties that they have been working with. So the challenge now came in that during these meetings, when they'll convene the meeting, in one of the counties, Makueni, they will draw when they're identifying the projects,
04:28
they used to use flipcharts, so that's why they will draw which projects they like to be implemented. But now the challenge was with the flipcharts, that means that once the meetings are over, the county government should take the maps back to the office
04:45
and after a year, either the maps are torn or they're misplaced in one way or another. So that proved to be a challenge because there wasn't like consistency. So when they come again in the next meeting, when they identify the projects, they will still
05:02
end up either identifying the same same projects because they didn't have like any reference to what they had suggested previously. And also in these meetings, they're supposed to vote for which priority projects. So if they didn't have that somewhere documented, then it proved to be a challenge. And that's where now MapKibira came in to assist
05:24
now the counties to digitize their projects and generate maps that could be used in these meetings. So the maps will end up going to the field, map the projects and then create like printed maps that will be used in these meetings for them to identify what is already
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existing and also identify suitable locations for new projects. And then also it will inform them when they're choosing those projects instead of identifying almost similar projects within their areas, they can now see if in this place we have a hospital or a dispensary
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and maybe there's a river, then what we need to choose the next time is maybe we can decide, maybe we need the government to maybe renovate the roads so that people can be able to access those dispensaries. So these are some of the projects. So the
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one on the left is a border shed that was built by the county and then we have classrooms also on the right. These are some of the projects that were being implemented by the county government. So we have the ones that have gone through the public participation,
06:40
but you also have the flagship projects, which are like key projects being done by the county. So why map on OSM? When you are going to the government, the county government, one of the challenges that you realise is when you're introducing such tools,
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usually that tendency where they feel like either their job is going to be taken away or some of them feel like they're going to be relevant. So there was that need to explain in details like how these tools will enhance the work that they are doing and complement whatever work they're doing in different departments. Because you also realise that
07:22
with many departments, there was no proper coordination, you know, how each department was doing their work. So you'll find like one department didn't know exactly like a GIS department, were not sharing the work that they are doing with the other departments. So when you are bringing them together, that's when most of them are also
07:43
releasing. So you guys have this and you've been looking for this, we are reaching out to the national government to get these things, but it's just close to us. So one, it really helped to coordinate the different departments. So the OSM data will serve as a base map.
08:03
So those who are working on maps, they can easily just use the map as a base map, then integrate the different data that they have into the map and to create like better maps that could serve the county. Then also visualisation, the map will show
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the distribution of the facilities that are within the county, both projects that have been done by the county, but also other map features that have been mapped, like points of interest within the county. Then it will also help in planning for finance and budgeting, it will help the
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citizens to track projects that have been allocated, also for them to see in the planning for the next projects to get to know how to plan better and where to set up new projects.
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Then accessibility of the data to all the other departments, as I mentioned there was that disconnect, so every department will have like a centralized place where they can get all this information. Then for the monitoring and the evaluation department, they can also use this map to monitor and evaluate the project's progress as is going on. Then of course this is to
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send the idea to the county on why they need the map, but also we also are trying to emphasise on the need of engaging also the citizen. So why engage the citizens? Citizens
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make projects using participatory budgeting processes and they can make informed decisions if they take part. So what you realise is in those meetings also, most of the people that attend those meetings are more the elderly and there was no room for the for the youths. In most of those communities also, they don't acknowledge you're not allowed to sit in those
10:04
meetings if you're a young person. And also another thing that we realise, women also don't have a place in those meetings, but with time we are seeing more counties allowing women to come in and give the opinion. But the setup is a bit different, so the women will be set,
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they should be separated to sit on one side and the men to sit on the other side. So there was that need to engage the citizen and everyone to add their issues and propose what I thought they would be best fit for them. Then engaging the citizen will also make it easy for mapping
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the words and the areas where the projects are. Instead of having the county staff going to the field, they can engage the youths to do the data collection. Because most of them come from those areas, it's easy to manage them and to just ask them if there's any need to update a map or collect information, they can always reach out to them and they can go to the field
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and get the data. Then they can also help in tracking the progress of the projects. So in this project what you're also doing was just getting feedback from the community and most of these are really helpful. Because they are also coming from the area, they are also helping to give the assessment. So they will say whether they feel like the
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project is in good shape. They will also identify like whether the amount of money that was allocated for that project has really been used, how it's supposed to be used.
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Then they're also taking photos so we can also help in showing the status of the project. Then also the youth will help to bridge the gap between the administration and other citizens because they are the more energetic ones so they can be able to run around if there
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are any information that is coming from the county that their parents can't be able to access it. Maybe using platforms such as WhatsApp and other social media they can help to bridge that gap between the administration and the other citizens. So once we engage the county
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and explain why they need to use this platform to complement the work that they are doing, we started the process of data collection. So on the left you can see some of the youth crossing the river to access some points of interest. As I mentioned, you see this is another
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challenge. So one project is on one side of the river and the other one is on this side. So in such places it's even better to have someone instead of building a lot of water points and health facilities, one of the key things that they can do in such areas is just to build
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a bridge which will help people to access one area to the other. And then it happened that also at that time it was rainy season so that's why you see most of them also crossing the river to get to the other point. So that was the data collection, then we did data
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entry and in the picture on the right that's some of the community members during those meetings where now they were looking at the map. So once we created the map we took it back to to the community during those meetings and they were able to look at it, see what has already
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been done, what is still lagging behind and we had like we had like when one of the county had like a heated discussion on because the county was displaying like one of the projects was complete it in the actual ground things are not even progressing the
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project had completely stalled so they were really asking questions why are you putting this as a complete project yet the project has not been even even commenced leave alone ongoing it doesn't commence so this also enhances that communication and engagement between
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the public and the and the county staff so they're able to ask questions and I think by the time we were leaving we got some good response and we are hoping by then by now the project has already kicked off or this case are almost complete. Then there are challenges that you also
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realize in such communities is access to internet and if you have this information just only online or in printed maps that means we also leave out a lot of a lot of the people from that community so one of the strategies that we employ as map keepers we also do murals
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with the information and place them in strategic places within the community where people can be able to access this information and interact with it. So this is Joshua who was supposed to present
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giving sharing back with the members of the public during one of the participatory meeting then this again the community interacting with the maps after he had completed it. So here are some of the sources we have documents some public participatory framework
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by the world bank then what are the requirements a legal framework that has been placed by the government in regards to public participation then we also did a blog explaining details the work that we did in the county. Thank you so much.