Pombola Explained

Pombola
Released:	2013
License:	AGPLv3^[1]

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

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

External links

• MySociety: Pombola

Notes and References

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