About Mwananchi Oversight

Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in Governance

About

Mwananchi Oversight is an open-source, extensive community based, and evidence-backed checking platform committed to improving public accountability and responsibility in the Kenyan governance. We are basically a 'mini-wikipedia' that documents, explains and tracks government policies, parliamentary activities, manifesto implementation,and other topics of public interest.

Our platform crowdsources verified data from reputable and autoritative sources like government websites, video clips and articles from media houses, general public as well as publicly available documents like Parliment hansards. This aims to empower the citizens of Kenya with centralized reference tools and knowledge that can enable them to keep their elected politicians in check and make more rational voting decisions in future.

Methods of Data Collection

Official Government Sources

We collect data directly from official government publications, parliamentary records, hansards, and official government websites to ensure accuracy and authenticity. Majorly, Parliament Website, Auditor Genral Website, NG-CDF Website, IEBC Website, and other government websites.

Public Records Research

Our team conducts thorough research of public records, including voter registration data, constituency boundaries, and electoral information from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Office of the Auditor General, NG-CDF allocations website among other sources.

Real-time Monitoring

We continuously monitor parliamentary proceedings, policy announcements, and government communications to provide up-to-date information to Kenyans. We refer to media publications as well as video excerpts and provide in-text citation for every content in our platform.

Data Verification

All collected data undergoes rigorous verification processes to ensure accuracy, completeness, and reliability before being published on our platform.

Developer

Shadrack Matata

Developer

As the name suggests, Shadrack Matata is just another curious dude who understands why and how things work the way they do. A chess addict who doesn't need alcohol influence to say stupid things. I'm simply using Jascript to help fellow Kenyans make some more reasonable choices at the ballot in future - an opportunity that I've never had before.

If you're interested in contributing to this, submit a pull request HERE . Otherwise, we can be friends on Twitter if you don't mind some random bad jokes.

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