Mzalendo Portal Relaunches with More Kenya Political and Administrative Info

Mzalendo, an information portal that hosts information on government, politicians and administrative regions in Kenya was relaunched today morning at the iHub Nairobi. The relaunch was attended by among others Mugo Kibati, Director General Vision 2030, Paul Kukubo, CEO, Kenya ICT Board CEO and John Githongo, former Kenya Anti Corruption Commission head.

Conrad AKunga, one of Mzalendo's founders and the portals technical lead says the relaunch of the site sees it hosting more information and bringing user engagement into the portal. " We worked with the old site over time and gained experience. "The new Constitution changed the structure of the government, which means we had to overhaul information on the site, we decided to do a complete redesign instead to reflect this based on our experience," says Akunga.

Mzalendo was conceived as an idea in 2003 at a bar, during a time when Kenya's Parliament Website had been pulled down just after it had gone live . The site was pulled down after members of parliament complained that the site had "too much" personal information and infringed on their privacy. Akunga says Mzalendo then took eight months to build and deploy, and is run and managed by its three founders on a voluntary basis. Other founders of the site include Ory Okolloh, founder of Ushahidi and Jessica Musila...