Pombola

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

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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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References

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  2. "Pombola / mySociety".
  3. "Mzalendo - Technology for Transparency Network".
  4. mattindigo (21 January 2013). "Grant Awarded to mySociety".
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  7. "Mzalendo".
  8. "ShineYourEye".
  9. "People's Assembly".
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