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Pombola

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Pombola
Initial release2013
Repository
LicenseAGPLv3[1]
Websitewww.mysociety.org/democracy/pombola/ Edit this on Wikidata

Pombola[2] is free open source software by mySociety for running a parliamentary monitoring website.

Pombola's development was funded by the Omidyar Network[3] to relaunch the Mzalendo site in Kenya.

The IndigoTrust funded roll-out to further countries, with a particular focus on the provision of transparency websites for sub-Saharan Africa.[4]

Among other features, Pombola allows for websites that publish parliamentary transcripts, hold a database of information about politicians, and, using the mySociety software MapIt, can match a user's home location to their constituency.

The site was inspired by TheyWorkForYou – mySociety's UK parliamentary monitoring site.[5]

Sites running on Pombola

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  • Ghana – Odekro[6]
  • Kenya – Mzalendo[7]
  • Nigeria – Shine Your Eye[8]
  • South Africa – People's Assembly[9]
  • Zimbabwe – Kuvakazim[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Pombola – GitHub". GitHub.
  2. ^ "Pombola / mySociety".
  3. ^ "Mzalendo - Technology for Transparency Network".
  4. ^ mattindigo (21 January 2013). "Grant Awarded to mySociety".
  5. ^ "MySociety: Pombola". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Home – Odekro".
  7. ^ "Mzalendo".
  8. ^ "ShineYourEye".
  9. ^ "People's Assembly".
  10. ^ "Home :: KuvakaZim".
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