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Pombola

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Initial release
  
2013

Operating system
  
Cross-platform

Development status
  
Active

License
  
AGPLv3

Website
  
github.com/mysociety/pombola

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

Pombola’s development was funded by the Omidyar Network 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.

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.

Sites running on Pombola

  • Ghana - Odekro
  • Kenya - Mzalendo
  • Nigeria - Shine Your Eye
  • South Africa - People's Assembly
  • Zimbabwe - Kuvakazim
  • References

    Pombola Wikipedia