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

[Warigia Bowman]

Dear Dick and Brian

I think that Kictanet has a real opportunity to make sure that we do better
next time. Can we work out an agenda to plan for this?

Yours, Warigia


On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Dick Omondi <Dick.Omondi at ke.airtel.com>wrote:

> Now that we have a court decision that clears the matter of the
> presidency, perhaps it is now time to remove the emotions of the decision,
> turn away from politics and get down to the core issues in real
> institutional management and those surrounding the processes and the people
> around the IEBC lest we sit back and get through another four years and put
> together another unit in the last year of the 5 and go back to the same
> merry go round.
>
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>  *From*: kictanet **
> *To*: Dick Omondi
> *Cc*: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions **
> *Sent*: Sat Mar 30 21:40:14 2013
>
> *Subject*: Re: [kictanet] Opinion Technology, transparency, and the
> Kenyan general election of 2013
>
> 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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Clinton School of Public Service
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