Pombola

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

Initial release2013

LicenseAGPLv3^[1]

Websitewww.mysociety.org/democracy/pombola/ 

Repository

• github.com/mysociety/pombola

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Pombola
Mzalendo, the Kenyan website, running on Pombola
Initial release	2013
License	AGPLv3[1]
Website	www.mysociety.org/democracy/pombola/
Repository	github.com/mysociety/pombola

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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]