<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Dorcas</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I hear your frustrations...But that's the situation analysis according to St. Walubengo:-) and he's is just probably sorted the issue out for us.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">We are the dog. Why are we letting the tail wag us?? </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 21 Dec 2016, at 2:18 PM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="auto">Aaaah Walu, <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This spirit of giving it up to politicians is the one killing us. We never stand, so they always carry the day. Then we are left speaking amongst ourselves. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Looking for a leader out there. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Happy Holidays! </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 21, 2016 2:14 PM, "Walubengo J" <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960"><span id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46795">True.</span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960"><span id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46285">Problem is you are thinking like a Techie. </span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960" dir="ltr"><span id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46313">Think like a politician, then you will realize that the failure rate will NOT necessarily correlate with the risk profile that the Communication Authority already has mapped out in their Access Gap Reports.</span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960" dir="ltr"><span id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46588">After all, Parliament of Kenya and its environs has Copper, Fiber, WiFi, 3G + 4G spectrum - and they still went off air :-)</span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960" dir="ltr"><span id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46792">Think like a politician first, then a techie and you might get somewhere.</span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45960" dir="ltr"><span id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46733">walu.</span></div><div class="m_6549634428072035691qtdSeparateBR" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_45961"><br><br></div><div class="m_6549634428072035691yahoo_quoted" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46318" style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46317"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46316"> <div dir="ltr" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46315"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46350"> <hr size="1" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46349"> <b id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46797"><span style="font-weight:bold" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46796">From:</span></b> Dorcas Muthoni <<a href="mailto:dmuthoni@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmuthoni@gmail.com</a>><br> <b id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46799"><span style="font-weight:bold" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46798">To:</span></b> Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 21, 2016 11:46 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Internet, phones blocked as House debates election laws - Politics and policy<br> </font> </div> <div class="m_6549634428072035691y_msg_container" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46447"><br><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548"><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46446"><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46450">How would we establish such potential poling stations without an initial audit to establish risk levels? <div><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46449">Rather, we should know expected risk of failure per polling station beforehand. Begin with assessment and mitigation...I would say. <br clear="none"><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46464"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46448"><br clear="none"></div></div></div><div class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548yqt7969998198" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548yqt55524"><div class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548gmail_extra" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46445"><br clear="none"><div class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548gmail_quote" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46458">On Dec 21, 2016 11:35 AM, "Walubengo J" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46457"><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46456"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46455"><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306"><span>@ Dorcas,</span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306"><span id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34382">The simple answer is that you/we cant. And it has nothing to do with technology. </span>The system will fail even if you hired Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, Larry Page + the late Steve Jobs to code and run it ;-).</div><div dir="ltr" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306">So we should be discussing what point of failure, beyond which we must then repeat the polls in specific polling stations, wards, constituencies or counties. This has to do with Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) - for those in the business continuity discipline.</div><div dir="ltr" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306">The agreement to the repeat exercise will in itself then act as a deterrent for malicious failure, and perhaps lead to a surprisingly flawless electronic execution.</div><div dir="ltr" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306">Here is my full take on the issue.</div><div dir="ltr" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306"><br clear="none"></div><div 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class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931card-title" style="font-size:16px;line-height:19px;margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">WALUBENGO: On electronic polling, both Cord and Jubilee are</h2> <div class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999">Nothing stops the opposition from abusing a failed system, but the incumbent always has an upper hand</div> </td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </a></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34953"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34953">walu.</div><div dir="ltr" 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href="mailto:dmuthoni@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmuthoni@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 21, 2016 8:46 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Internet, phones blocked as House debates election laws - Politics and policy<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931y_msg_container" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34560"><br clear="none"><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534"><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34559"><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34558">How can we intervene to circumvent any downtime to necessitate fail over to the manual transmission. <div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34564"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34563">At this point, we should be auditing the systems in place at IEBC as an ICT community. </div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34562"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34561">Can we take measures to be ready to show the IEBC infrastructure is resilient and guarantees the high availability desired. </div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34557"><br clear="none"></div><div>Best, Muthoni </div></div><div class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534gmail_extra" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36897"><br clear="none"><div class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534gmail_quote" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36896">On Dec 21, 2016 5:03 AM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> > wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534gmail_quote" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36895" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534yqt9586824093" id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534yqt80408"><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36894"><div><span></span></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36893"><div>Listers </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36892">Security personal yesterday blocked the internet, phones in and around parliament buildings during a special session to discuss the budget and amendments to the electoral law to allow for alternative manual transmission of electoral results in the event the electronic systems fail.</div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46492"><br clear="none"></div><div>Read on:-</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Internet--phones-blocked-as-House-debates-election-laws/539546-3493404-item-0-l9ge6u/index.html" target="_blank">http://www. businessdailyafrica.com/ Internet--phones-blocked-as- House-debates-election-laws/ 539546-3493404-item-0-l9ge6u/ index.html</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature">A few weeks ago we discussed this issue of shutting down communication channels during crises across African countries. </div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature">Well now you have your answer.</div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature">If the government can shut down parliamentarians imagine what they can do to the rest of the country.</div><div id="m_6549634428072035691yiv4117790548m_8472124466885797931yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b>Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect">+254 0713 601113</a> </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium" id="m_6549634428072035691yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_46504"><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin. com/in/alihkassim</a></span></div><font><br 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