<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Daudi,<div class="">Thanks for sharing the bill.</div><div class="">I am a support of open source and I believe it can aid a lot in the implementation of the software. However it takes political goodwill from both sides of the divide for such a system to be a success.</div><div class="">If I remember well, the previous system was been tested well and errors pointed out but I believe all these issues were ignored no wonder the failure of BVR kits etc.</div><div class="">It is my hope that this time round when testing is done, errors will be corrected and a retest (as expected) will be done to ensure better fault tolerance , security and verifiability and among other desired characteristics</div><div class="">of the system are inherent.</div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class="">R.Ojino<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 23, 2016, at 2:49 PM, Daudi Were via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Listers,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The <a href="http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2016/ElectionsLaw_Amendment_Bill_2016.pdf" class="">Elections Law (Amendment) Bill, 2016</a> [pdf 606 KB] was tabled in Bunge on 26th August.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nine parts that jumped out at me. </div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">2(e) defines "biometric" which includes "signatures" <br class=""></li><li class="">4(2) IEBC has to a "public web portal" for inspection of the register of members of the public.<br class=""></li><li class="">44(2) IEBC to develop a policy on the progressive use of technology in the electoral process.<br class=""></li><li class="">44(7)(a) technology used for 2017 restricted to the process of voter registration, identification of voters and results transmission; (No electronic voting this time round)<br class=""></li></ul></div><div class="">On the tech itself (open source only solutions?)<br class=""></div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">44 (3) technology should be simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable and transparent.<br class=""></li><li class="">44 (5)(f) IEBC and others need "access to electoral system software source codes"<br class=""></li></ul></div><div class="">On timelines IEBC<br class=""></div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">8A. (1) at least six months before a general election, engage a professional reputable firm to conduct an audit of the Register of Voters<br class=""></li><li class="">44 (7)(b) tech has to be procured at least eight months before the general election (Dec 2016 for an Aug 2017 election)<br class=""></li><li class="">44 (7)(b) test, verify and deploy such technology at least sixty days before a general election.<br class=""></li></ul></div><div class="">I suspect some of the members here were instrumental in drafting section 44. I would be interested to hear their thoughts on the process. Particularly interested in <br class=""><ol class=""><li class="">the push for open source software. (Disclosure, I am currently the CEO of <a href="https://www.ushahidi.com/" class="">Ushahidi</a> - we build and use open source software)<br class=""></li><li class="">whether we feel the timelines are realistic<br class=""></li></ol></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Daudi Were | <a href="mailto:daudi@were.co.ke" target="_blank" class="">daudi@were.co.ke</a></div><div class="">Technology + Strategy</div><div class="">Too brief? Here's why! <a href="http://emailcharter.org/" target="_blank" class="">http://emailcharter.org</a></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div>
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