[kictanet] Has IEBC Voter Register Been Compromised

[James Mbugua]

Useful contributions and ideas.

However, the 800-pound gorilla in this room is IEBC. I can say with
certainty, that this data came from IEBC. BTW, parties are usually able to
access voter registers ahead of elections.

At the same time, this IEBC has shown itself too willing to be compromised
so it is no mystery how the said data could have been accessed. You have
hungry Kenyans in those offices.

All we can hope for is that the election goes smoothly, and we DISBAND THIS
DISGRACEFUL BODY, IEBC, immediately after. A body that calls itself
independent and cannot procure a BVR system on its own without government
intervention, a body that cannot figure out how to register diaspora
voters, a body that cannot maintain deadlines it sets for nominations, a
body that continues to clear people who clearly failed at nominations.....



On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:22 AM, <eonchari at lynxbits.com> wrote:

> ** Harry,
>
> It would be conservative of you to only credit IEBC and the Telcos for
> this. There is a very high possibility that the MP aspirant of today is
> refining the 'targeted campaigns' strategy. He/she has access to mobile
> money transfer transactions records at the shops; retail store transactions
> databases, of course Telco databases, etc - take all these multivariate
> data and subject it to some decent data analysis and voila - he/she can
> establish where  you live or even how you are likely going to vote!
>
> There has to be wider, well thought out and legislated means of protecting
> personal data. Not sure if any of the 'grand' manifestos launched in last 1
> month touch on this sensitive issue at all.
>
> Edwin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* kkairo at gmail.com
> *To:* eonchari at lynxbits.com*
> Cc:* kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> *Sent:* 2/10/13 2:45 PM
> *Subject:* [kictanet] Has IEBC Voter Register Been Compromised
>
>  Listers,
>
> This morning I received the oddest message. Through a bulk sms provider,
> one of the aspirants for MP in my constituency sent me an SMS appealing me
> to vote for him in the upcoming elections? Now I say odd because to the
> best of my knowledge I have never communicated to this politician my number
> and my constituency. In fact the only person I have ever given this dual
> information is the IEBC during voter registration.
>
> Which begs the question, could IEBC or its registration clerks be making
> voter registers available to politicians for consideration or otherwise?
> I'm also curious if this is an isolated event or its happening elsewhere?
>
> Now I don't need to emphasize on the very serious implications if
> politicians are in possession of such specific data on the electorate. I
> previously blogged (
> http://www.startupkenya.info/2010/08/chopping-up-big-green-giant-safaricom.html
> ) on the dangers of telcos in possession of too much personal data, but
> it is nothing compared to politicians with this data especially in a
> country that has experienced deadly post election violence.
>
> I'm curious what measures IEBC has in place for the protection of our
> personal information and if my experience this morning portends the
> compromise of all future governmently held e-data?
>
> Regards,
> Harry Karanja
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
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