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

Wed Jan 25 09:36:09 EAT 2017

The National Registration Bureau people should actually make better use
of IT - it is possible to use one's surname as one of the variables in a
hash algorithm to GENERATE a unique ID number; this means the wrong
number can thereafter never be accepted by the system, which uses a
reverse hash algorithm to check input. The technique of hashing is used
e.g. in banks to generate bank account numbers. I am suspecting that
currently ID numbers are given randomly rather than generated.

W.

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017, at 08:57 AM, awatila--- via kictanet wrote:

> Arent they supposed to validate your id number by looking at your ID
> while registering you?
>  

> The control is that all National ID numbers are unique (same control
> used in mpesa). Unless we want to say that there are people with
> different IDs that have the same national ID number
>  

> Regards,

>  

> Sent from Mail[1] for Windows 10

>  

> From: Collins Areba via kictanet[2] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
> 9:20 PM To: awatila at yahoo.co.uk Cc: Collins Areba[3] Subject: Re:
> [kictanet] IEBC registry shows 128,926 records of shared voter details
> - Who audits the IEBC database?
>  

> @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.ke/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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