[kictanet] Internet, phones blocked as House debates election laws - Politics and policy

Wed Dec 21 14:14:31 EAT 2016

True.
Problem is you are thinking like a Techie. 
Think like a politician, then you will realize that the failure rate will NOT necessarily correlate with the risk profile that the Communication Authority already has mapped out in their Access Gap Reports.
After all, Parliament of Kenya and its environs has Copper, Fiber, WiFi, 3G + 4G spectrum - and they still went off air :-)
Think like a politician first, then a techie and you might get somewhere.
walu.

      From: Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni at gmail.com>
 To: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> 
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
 Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 11:46 AM
 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet, phones blocked as House debates election laws - Politics and policy

How would we establish such potential poling stations without an initial audit to establish risk levels? 
Rather,  we should know expected risk of failure per polling station beforehand.  Begin with assessment and mitigation...I would say. 

On Dec 21, 2016 11:35 AM, "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

@ Dorcas,
The simple answer is that you/we cant. And it has nothing to do with technology. The system will fail even if you hired Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, Larry Page + the late Steve Jobs to code and run it ;-).
So we should be discussing what point of failure, beyond which we must then repeat the polls in specific polling stations, wards, constituencies or counties. This has to do with Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) - for those in the business continuity discipline.
The agreement to the repeat exercise will in itself then act as a deterrent for malicious failure, and perhaps lead to a surprisingly flawless electronic execution.
Here is my full take on the issue.
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walu.

---- From: Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke >
 To: jwalu at yahoo.com 
Cc: Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni at gmail.com>
 Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 8:46 AM
 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet, phones blocked as House debates election laws - Politics and policy

How can we intervene to circumvent any downtime to necessitate fail over to the manual transmission. 
At this point,  we should be auditing the systems in place at IEBC as an ICT community.  
Can we take measures to be ready to show the IEBC infrastructure is resilient and guarantees the high availability desired. 
Best, Muthoni 
On Dec 21, 2016 5:03 AM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote:

Listers 
Security personal yesterday blocked the internet, phones in and around parliament buildings during a special session to discuss the budget and amendments to the electoral law to allow for alternative manual transmission of electoral results in the event the electronic systems fail.
Read on:-http://www. businessdailyafrica.com/ Internet--phones-blocked-as- House-debates-election-laws/ 539546-3493404-item-0-l9ge6u/ index.html
A few weeks ago we discussed this issue of shutting down communication channels during crises across African countries. 
Well now you have your answer.
If the government can shut down parliamentarians imagine what they can do to the rest of the country.

Ali HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates+254 0713 601113 
Twitter: @AliHKassimSkype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin. com/in/alihkassim

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