[kictanet] Invitation to Participate in ' Talk to IEBC'
Barrack Otieno
otieno.barrack at gmail.com
Fri Jul 15 13:21:11 EAT 2022
Many thanks Benson, Moses and Mutheu for contributing to yesterday's
discussion. Listers the floor is still open for you to contribute'i will
share a summary of todays discussion.
Thank you
Best Regards
On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 11:02 PM Benson Muite via KICTANet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Transmission of results can also be done by USSD not just by internet. A
> credible process cannot be ensured by ICT aspects alone, though ICT can
> increase efficiency. Observers should also be able to report results
> that are announced at polling stations.
>
> While there is a law on data protection, educational and technical
> aspects seem less well developed. This affects other areas, not just
> elections.
>
> Holistic planning is missing, many polling stations are schools, so
> purchasing infrastructure just for the election and not having a reuse
> plan may be a waste of resources.
>
> It may be worth comparing with information provided to voters and
> procedures followed in other African countries, for example South Africa
> and Ghana:
>
> https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Downloads/Documents-Voter-Education-Material
> https://ec.gov.gh/elections-instructions/
>
> On 7/14/22 12:58, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet wrote:
> > Listers,
> >
> > To give you further insights kindly refer
> > <
> https://www.kictanet.or.ke/mdocs-posts/technology-deployment-in-kenyas-2017-general-election/>
>
> > to previous reports on Tech and elections prepared by KICTANet. /The
> > Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) deployed a 25-person election
> > observer mission for Kenya’s 2017 General Election that took place on
> > August 8, 2017. Kenyans voted for six positions namely Presidential,
> > Senate, Parliamentary, Women’s Representative, Governor, and Member of
> > County Assembly. KICTANet’s observation focused specifically on the use
> > of technology from a user perspective and accordingly released a
> > preliminary report
> > <
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20170811/356bef8e/attachment.pdf>
>
> > which was published on 11 August 2017./Are there outstanding issues that
> > need to be addressed?
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 12:05 PM Barrack Otieno
> > <otieno.barrack at gmail.com <mailto:otieno.barrack at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Moses,
> >
> > Many thanks for your observations. I totally agree with you. Would
> > you support any form of tools that IEBC can use to avail some of
> > this information easily. Accessibility is definately a key issue. I
> > tried accessing the Website yesterday but could not make it i guess
> > due to demand. Be that as it may it would be great to have a website
> > that factors in our differently abled brothers and sisters. Would
> > appreciate specific recommendations on the tools IEBC can use. The
> > time is shortly but as Commissioner Wanderi said yesterday, time is
> > never short for good ideas to be implemented. Listers, Keep the
> > ideas coming.
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 10:12 AM Moses Karanja via KICTANet
> > <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> > <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
> >
> > Two observations:
> >
> > 1. *Dedicate more attention to the official website as the main
> > communication channel. *There seems to be an assumption that
> > Facebook and Twitter are public spaces. If you compare the
> > information posted on IEBC's Facebook page and what is on their
> > website, you will realize the idea of /public access/ to
> > information is compromised. Facebook does not allow unsigned-in
> > individuals to access more than a sneak peak of pages, even the
> > so called "public" ones, despite the claims they make. Facebook
> > also breaks RSS feeds every so often to force people to sign up
> > on those surveillance platforms. This is not a request to
> > Facebook to make their surveillance platform more
> > public-friendly, rather a request to IEBC to treat public
> > information as truly public by investing in their official
> website.
> >
> > 2. *Publish standardized machine readable data.* The report IEBC
> > published regarding 2013 election is different from what they
> > published in 2017 and it is again different from the 2022
> > tables. Posting PDFs makes using that data harder and creates
> > room for error as the conversion of such data to formats like
> > csv increases entropy. This request has been made by so many
> > people in the last decade+ you feel there is more to this
> > refusal than plain technical limits.
> >
> > - Njoroge wa Karanja
> >
> > On 2022-07-13 14:02, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet wrote:
> >> Listers,
> >>
> >> Earlier today, KICTANet held a consultative meeting with IEBC
> >> Commissioners led by Chairman Wafula Chebukati and the
> >> Secretariat represented by CEO Marjan Hussein and ICT Manager
> >> Mr. Michael Ouma. This follows KICTANets participation in the
> >> IEBC National Elections Conference yesterday. The need for
> >> greater engagement between KICTANets Stakeholders and IEBC
> >> featured prominently in the deliberations.
> >>
> >> As part of the engagement process , KICTANet will be hosting a
> >> ''Talk to IEBC'' discussion which will culminate in a Webinar
> >> that will address Technology concerns in Kenya's electoral
> >> process.
> >>
> >> We would like to invite listers to contribute to the online
> >> discussion that will serve as a precursor to webinar.
> >>
> >> To contribute we would like to hear from you the following:
> >>
> >> 1. What issues do you have in so far as Tech and elections is
> >> concern in Kenya?
> >> 2. What recommendations do you have in so far as the use of
> >> Tech and elections is concerned in Kenya?
> >> The discussion will take place on Thursday 14th July 2022 and
> >> Friday 15th July 2022
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >>
> >> Best Regards
> >>
> >> --
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