[kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls

[bitange at jambo.co.ke]

Wainaina,
Indeed we have made progress in this end.  The Lands, Judiciary, Motor
Vhicle, and Pension Dept registries are being prepared for digitization. 
It takes time to go through the procurement process and fighting
resistance from staff.  It is not all that easy as I once thought.  We
shall not give up though.  Parliament has to pass the FOI for all the
digitization to stimulate enterprise.

Regards

Ndemo.


> A few years back at the Safaricom offices, President Kibaki tasked
> former Info & Comm Minister with implementing such "Digitization" in
> government. What ever happened to that?
>
> **Is PS Ndemo still tasked with implementing digitization?
>
> Regards,
> Wainaina
>
>
> On 4/16/09, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Well our census is up in a few months. Let's see if technology will be
>> used
>> to verify the truth of the collected data.
>>
>> I believe in a system where everything works like it's supposed to, data
>> from deaths, births, immigration (and whatever affects population size)
>> can
>> be used to update the population statistics, and a census only conducted
>> in
>> areas where there seems to be an abnormal population size change
>> (small-scale census). Technology can go a long way into making this a
>> reality. I believe the cost of maintaining the technology and doing
>> small-scale census would be cheaper than doing an entire census every
>> decade.
>>
>> O_O
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 4/16/09, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls
>> To: kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com
>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 11:04 AM
>>
>>
>>
>> Not sure if our next "Kivuitu" wants to hear things like below ;-)
>>
>> walu.
>> ~~~~~~
>> By CHARLES OMOND IPosted Thursday, April 16 2009 at 10:41
>>
>> In Summary
>>
>> As the rest of the continent dithers, use of information communication
>> technology in South Africa's political processes has enabled thousands
>> of
>> its citizens overseas to vote, a whole week ahead of their home-based
>> compatriots.
>>
>> JOHANNESBURG, Thursday
>> As the rest of Africa dithers, South Africa has moved fast to embrace
>> information communication technology as part of its political processes.
>> And
>> as a result of the revolutionary move, thousands of eligible voters have
>> already cast their ballots away from home and a whole week ahead of
>> their
>> home-based compatriots.
>>
>> Rest of the story...
>> http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/560768/-/13ph0aiz/-/index.html
>>
>> walu.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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