+1 Harry. I am in. I agree we need a post election audit. <br><br>Please note I cannot vote in this election and dislike both front runners. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Harry Delano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Aye..! <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Dear Edith,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Actually, on the contrary, I was one very vocal Kenyan, about the issue last week.. You do not remember..? Maybe the gist of what I raised as a pertinent issue in my earlier email got lost somewhere within.� So again, here, my rejoinder.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">������ </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">The IEBC ICT systems failed last week during a very crucial� national process � We all agree they failed, and �so spectacularly for that matter.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">������ </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">We on the list here, were up in arms �- some highlighting, criticizing, demanding answers, and an audit of the happenings on the ICT front of the process, and some coming to its defense<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">������ </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Were we fronting different positions, only based on how each of our candidates was performing in the tallying process, or it was to deal with an anomaly � irrespective..? Is it for the love of country, or love of self, me, us and I..?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">������ </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">We loosely agreed for a post-election audit, but quickly the issue fizzled out. The main process was concluded, putting� the matter to rest, so it seems. �No follow-up mechanism in place etcetra. Thankfully Brian, just indicated a discussion will be held on the issue. But we may need a credible, independent body/ taskforce to deal with the issue and report back to Kenyans. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">������ </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Early this week saw the list jump to another component of this national process � The media.� Again, one cannot help but see the divergent views taking a tangent that�s all too familiar. Again, this will fizzle out once positions are firmly cemented �in place and the whole issue will come to naught. Do we seem to have a diversionary streak in us..?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">What is it that�s our main undoing..?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">������ </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">We have deep seated and deep rooted issues, within us that inform the divergent views/opinions/positions we hold and a two-year old �will have little difficulty seeing through the masks we put on.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">������ </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">We talk a lot. On the list, in our gatherings, streets, villages � everywhere. But we need to really put mechanisms in place to go beyond the �talk-shop�. Can we start on this list.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">������ </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Let�s be unselfish and strive to consider and front country and each other � first and we will progress much, much more.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Harry<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> We need to take a lead on matters ICT that affect this nation, based on principle/substance and avoid at all costs taking divergent opposing positions that best answer to� the<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Question, - what is in it for me/us ( read � partisan).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Edith Adera [mailto:<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca" target="_blank">eadera@idrc.ca</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a></span></p><div class="im"><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br></div>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [kictanet] Our Response to Systematic ICT Systems Failure at IEBC<u></u><u></u><p></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>�<u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">Harry,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">Not sure you were in Kenya or buried your head in the sand!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">It�s a fact that the system did not work and IEBC had to revert to the manual system as reported by the Chair of the IEBC on TV.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">We need to learn to tell the truth as a country and confront our issues. Someone suggested on this list, can�t remember who, �that as an ICT industry an audit should be carried out so we know what went wrong and learn for the future.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">Why do we always turn to the easy targets�.tribalism, partisan interests etc when hard questions are asked?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">Edith<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p>
<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> kictanet [<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry Delano<br>
<b>Sent:</b> March 12, 2013 3:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edith Adera<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Our Response to Systematic ICT Systems Failure at IEBC<u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>�<u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Aye..!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>�<u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Could someone please aver what the furor was all about on this list when systems failed at IEBC last week. I thought it was so that<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">we could address systemic issues in that part of the election process..? Please someone correct me, but I seem to be settling on<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">this conclusion that we collectively only raise hue and cry when the system(s) are perceived to be working �against �us�, or not in <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�our� interests � whichever side of divide each one of us sits. Once they serve �our� interests, we quickly move on.. So where is <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">posterity in all this..? A pattern emerges where well calculated intellectual arguments everywhere nowadays, that �thinly �veil and <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">mask the real motives in us. We completely bury our heads in the ground and deny that we have deeply rooted issues that stem<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">from tribe, class etc and as a result, �we are caught up in this �vicious cycle that we cannot seem to free ourselves from and which <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">clouds our entire vision as a nation. Who will free us, if we do not take initiative ourselves..? How and when will we as a nation <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">confront this �monster� head on, by first of all acknowledging it exists. Then moving to deal with it. Can this list be at the forefront <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">of it..?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>�<u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If so, �let�s start now..<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>�<u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Harry<u></u><u></u></p>
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