[kictanet] IEBC registry shows 128, 926 records of shared voter details - Who audits the IEBC database?

Wed Jan 25 05:22:52 EAT 2017

@Collins/John, i find such a system as very vital and when some IT
professionals design its database like junior high school students, it
beats logic....what was so hard in using the id no or passportno as its
primary key or better still us a composite key...basic stuff that just
makes one wonder when such issues arise in a database of such magnitude.
Auto-incrementing the primary key here is suicidal in my opinion.
The designer is either a total novice or deserves disciplinary action.

On 24-Jan-2017 11:15 PM, "John Kieti via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

There is a tendency among some database designers to avoid setting the
"unique" property for database fields other than their system's own
auto_increment or otherwise generated primary keys.

Am also curious what mechanism is in place to stop me from registering as a
voter, first using my passport , then again using my national ID. Anyone?

Best regards.

On Jan 24, 2017 21:20, "Collins Areba via kictanet" <
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> @Ronald
> I suspect the offline nature of collection of data and biometric
> information might have resulted in multiple data points in cases of genuine
> ID number shared between more than one person (how that happens I have no
> clue) or trying to register more than once. If you ask me, What should have
> happened is for them to delete all repeating entries, and leave the burden
> of proof on the registrants. At least the database would at all times then
> be accurate.
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Ronald Ojino via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> My rather basic question is how is that database designed...it lacks data
>> integrity (how did that happen?)  ..could this be delibrate .
>> Regards,
>> Ronald Ojino
>>
>> On 24-Jan-2017 8:06 PM, "John Kieti via kictanet" <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> IMHO, We need an early spotlight on the competences, capacities and
>>> integrity of people running IEBC's ICT functions. We cannot afford to have
>>> mediocrity being exhibited in the ICT profession, yet again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati said that these cases of multiple
>>>> registrations are attributed to data entry errors at the time of
>>>> registration, possible use of one ID to register more than once,
>>>> attempted registration of more than one person using same ID as well
>>>> as shared National ID numbers. “The Commission is working closely with
>>>> National Registration Bureau (NRB) to clean up all the shared IDs. In
>>>> addition, a team of Registration officers and ICT operators are
>>>> conducting further cleanup,” said Chebukati. He said that the
>>>> provisional register will be availed to members of the public for
>>>> verification once the voter enlistment exercise is over.
>>>> Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.k
>>>> e/article/2000231105/iebc-registry-shows-128-926-records-of-
>>>> shared-voter-details
>>>>
>>>> Of particular interest is the following line : attempted registration
>>>> of more than one person using same ID as well as shared National ID
>>>> numbers, do we have competent people managing this important
>>>> institution?
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
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