tycho wrote:@Josiah, perhaps we should begin by asking why we have a representative democracy.
And the answer is that we have not had the benefits conferred by ICT.
Each ministry can now communicate directly with the citizen and even have a discussion as we are having.
The government can now think and work with the citizen. They can create resources together.
Of course this implies a change in government's role. But then everything is changing for the better for everyone.
More communication between the government and the citizens is ideal but in a system where a few individuals thrive in the secrecy and ignorance of its citizens,this will have a lot of resistance. But they are attempts to open up government to the people,like this site:
https://opendata.go.ke/@harrydre - I like the idea behind the article.Many leaders forget democracy is supposed to unite us not to be used as a platform to separate the people.
Uncertainty is certain.Let go