[kictanet] Opinion Technology, transparency, and the Kenyan general election of 2013

[Warigia Bowman]

Thank you Ali. I appreciate your comments. Shukran.


On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Wariga
>
> Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed the read. I want to however object to the
> words:-
>
> '...the election results show that technology has failed them.'
>
> I humbly submit that what failed us in this case is a mix of partisan
> politicking, a knack for jostling to see how each proponent could
> manipulate the process for their own benefit and lastly the failure of the
> IEBC leadership to accept and tell Kenyans to our faces that the most
> expensive technology ever bought for elections in Kenya (and Probably
> Africa) was designed to fail before it landed in the country.
>
> I would replace the sentence '...the election results show that technology
> has failed them.' with the sentence
>
> '...the election results show that *leadership* has failed them.'
>
> The saving grace is that we have a sober Supreme Court and we thank God
> for them.
>
> Ali Hussein
> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
>
> +254 773/713 601113
>
> "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 29, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Warigia Bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I thought you guys might enjoy this piece.
>
> http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/2013329135519365308.html
>
> Take a look, and tell me what you think. :-)
>
> Warigia
>
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Dr. Warigia Bowman
Assistant Professor
Clinton School of Public Service
University of Arkansas
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