[kictanet] Tech and Elections Law

[Ronald Ojino]

Dear Daudi,
Thanks for sharing the bill.
I am a support of open source and I believe it can aid a lot in the implementation of the software. However it takes political goodwill from both sides of the divide for such a system to be a success.
If I remember well, the previous system was been tested well and errors pointed out but I believe all these issues were ignored no wonder the failure of BVR kits etc.
It is my hope that this time round when testing is done, errors will be corrected and a retest (as expected) will be done to ensure better fault tolerance , security and verifiability and among other desired characteristics
of the system are inherent.
Regards,
R.Ojino
> On Sep 23, 2016, at 2:49 PM, Daudi Were via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> Listers,
> 
> The Elections Law (Amendment) Bill, 2016 <http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2016/ElectionsLaw_Amendment_Bill_2016.pdf> [pdf 606 KB] was tabled in Bunge on 26th August.
> 
> Nine parts that jumped out at me. 
> 2(e) defines "biometric" which includes "signatures" 
> 4(2) IEBC has to a "public web portal" for inspection of the register of members of the public.
> 44(2) IEBC to develop a policy on the progressive use of technology in the electoral process.
> 44(7)(a) technology used for 2017 restricted to the process of voter registration, identification of voters and results transmission; (No electronic voting this time round)
> On the tech itself (open source only solutions?)
> 44 (3) technology should be simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable and transparent.
> 44 (5)(f) IEBC and others need "access to electoral system software source codes"
> On timelines IEBC
> 8A. (1) at least six months before a general election, engage a professional reputable firm to conduct an audit of the Register of Voters
> 44 (7)(b) tech has to be procured at least eight months before the general election (Dec 2016 for an Aug 2017 election)
> 44 (7)(b) test, verify and deploy such technology at least sixty days before a general election.
> I suspect some of the members here were instrumental in drafting section 44. I would be interested to hear their thoughts on the process. Particularly interested in 
> the push for open source software. (Disclosure, I am currently the CEO of Ushahidi <https://www.ushahidi.com/> - we build and use open source software)
> whether we feel the timelines are realistic
> 
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> Daudi Were | daudi at were.co.ke <mailto:daudi at were.co.ke>
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