[kictanet] Forming digital democracy team

[Warigia Bowman]

Okay, what exactly is the concept behind uchaguzi?

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri at semacraft.com>wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Great idea. Maybe we can plug into the Uchaguzi initiative which is
> providing an online platform to do this. The simulation for the platform is
> up at http://simulation.uchaguzi.co.ke The local chapter of the the
> StandBy TaskForce is providing training support for volunteers as well.
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> Kind regards,
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> Muchiri Nyaggah | LEAD FELLOW, CODE4KENYA
> @muchiri
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> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Warigia Bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Kivuva, so stoked you are in
>>
>> Folks, if we could get about 10 or 20 of us, this could be very powerful.
>> First of all, folks can report on how elections are going at their polling
>> station. Second, we can keep track of hate speech from all sides. Further,
>> we can discuss and monitor television shutdowns, twitter shutdowns, etc.
>> Also, we can comment on how technology is used to transmit votes, and
>> verify them.
>>
>> The ideal situation is to have multiple people of different ethnicities.
>>
>> Yours, Warigia
>>
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>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Dr. Warigia,
>>>
>>> This is a brilliant idea. Count me in.
>>>
>>> We pray to have peaceful elections. We hope the new IG will coordinate
>>> with all security agents to maintain law and order. From the recent
>>> nominations, its clear that we still have people not keen on
>>> maintaining the peace.
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> On 05/02/2013, Warigia Bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Dear Kictanet colleagues
>>> >
>>> > I am proposing we form a digital democracy team for the upcoming Kenyan
>>> > elections.
>>> >
>>> > The 2013 elections are likely to be contentious. Of course we all pray
>>> that
>>> > they will be safe and peaceful. Further however, these elections are
>>> going
>>> > to use ICTs such as phones, computers, cell phones, SMS, radio, TV and
>>> > other technologies at an unprecedented scale.
>>> >
>>> > It would be fascinating to find out what impact, positive and negative
>>> > these technologies have. The kind of study I am envisioning will also
>>> > increase accountability of polling officials.
>>> >
>>> > Who wants to work with me to develop a survey and collect data at their
>>> > polling station?
>>> >
>>> > Perhaps we can use the kictanet secretariat, or a room in Jacaranda to
>>> > coordinate our activities. Or perhaps google or some other company on
>>> this
>>> > list will volunteer a room?
>>> >
>>> > Sincerely, Warigia
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Dr. Warigia Bowman
>>> > Assistant Professor
>>> > Clinton School of Public Service
>>> > University of Arkansas
>>> > wbowman at clintonschool.uasys.edu
>>> > http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com
>>> > -------------------------------------------------
>>> > View my research on my SSRN Author page:
>>> > http://ssrn.com/author=1479660
>>> > --------------------------------------------------
>>> >
>>>
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Dr. Warigia Bowman
Assistant Professor
Clinton School of Public Service
University of Arkansas
wbowman at clintonschool.uasys.edu
http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com
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