[kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?

Wed Mar 6 22:44:17 EAT 2013

It may be water under the bridge in that its already done and decisions
made but are we saying that the IEBC failed to plan for this eventuality?
Is it Safaricom's fault that the server database crumbled under pressure?
What of the money spent on the system?

This is not a witch hunt but rather a concern on the waste that is being
perpetuated by the independent body. Not least is the opacity around what
exactly is going on and why the system was abandoned.

Meanwhile the economy is hemorrhaging with people not going to work and
trade and industry in the doldrums due to anxiety.

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:50 PM, william janak <williamjanak at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Daktari, the possibility of sabotage in a highly contested and complex
> elections such as this cannot be ruled out until all the results are
> announced and all players agree there were no issues. Even in the case of
> the spoilt votes, you must have read or heard of various claims related to
> that. there is alot of apprehension over this election and we can only
> remain cautiously optimistic.
>
> Janak.
>
>
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> *From:* "bitange at jambo.co.ke" <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> *To:* williamjanak at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 6, 2013 9:23 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?
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> David,
> A lot has been said in the social media trying to advance different
> theories of. Why the systems failed  but what will matter are the final
> vote count. These were just provisional results that were to be verified
> before announcing the winner and were to be transmitted within a given
> time.  Electronic results were to be like exit polls.  There were human
> errors that should not have happened.  Look at the number of spoilt votes.
> Can we say it was sabotage?
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
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> Why is this being addressed as IT "failure" and not "sabotage"?. I would
> think failure is when a system "fails" to function according to its
> intended or programmed purpose and not when its "functioning" is interfered
> with so as to derail it from performing the set task.
>
>
>
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Regards,

Mark Mwangi

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