[kictanet] Should We Reserve a Slot for an ICT Professional Within the IEBC Commission??

[Benson Muite]

As indicated in [0] late budget allocations, inadequate financing and 
possibly inefficient use of funds are problems that faced the IEBC. 
These would be compounded by weak governance.  The report [0] does 
support having one of the commissioners responsible for ICT/technology 
aspects.  Possibly having each of the commissioners primarily 
responsible for particular aspects of the IEBC mandate would be helpful 
in streamlining governance - Manahodha wengi chombo huenda mrama!  The 
text of the preliminary ruling is not available at [1] with many 
download sections giving 404 not found.

The reports [0], [2] and [3], and the theses [4], [5] and [6] indicate 
that civic education is also important.  The report [7] has examples of 
good public participation in creating bills, though as indicated in [4], 
more use of ICT would enable more people to contribute as the baraza 
model needs updating.

0) 
https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/news/peace_publications/election_reports/kenya/2022/kenya-preliminary-report-2022.pdf
1) https://www.judiciary.go.ke
2) 
https://www.statelaw.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Kenya-Draft-Policy-on-Public-Participation.pdf
3) 
https://www.kictanet.or.ke/mdocs-posts/2022-kictanet-preliminary-election-observation-report/
4) 
http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/108760/Munyao_The%20Influence%20Of%20Public%20Participation%20On%20Public%20Accountability%20In%20Kenya.pdf
5) 
http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/90180/Nyotah_Public%20Participation%20in%20the%20Selection%20of%20Public%20Officers%20A%20Critical%20Analysis%20of%20the%20Mechanisms%20Under%20the%20Leadership%20and%20I~1.pdf
6) 
https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/123456789/19636/Effects%20of%20public%20participation.pdf
7) 
https://www.kictanet.or.ke/mdocs-posts/public-participation-an-assessment-of-recent-ict-policy-making-processes-in-kenya/

On 9/10/22 15:56, Barrack Otieno wrote:
> If I got the Chief Justice right. She talked of Corporate Governance 
> issues at IEBC. Maybe this is where the focus should be.
> 
> Regards
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