<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306"><span>@ Dorcas,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_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 id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306" dir="ltr">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 id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306" dir="ltr">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 id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306" dir="ltr">Here is my full take on the issue.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-3492668-549k98/index.html" class="enhancr2_cf26dbff-0397-595b-f2b2-a7e76e2eacfe" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34944">WALUBENGO: On electronic polling, both Cord and Jubilee are</a><br></div><div 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id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34953"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34953">walu.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34306" dir="ltr"></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34550" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34549"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34548"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34547"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br></span></b></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34547"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">----</span></b></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34547"><font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34566"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 21, 2016 8:46 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="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34560"><br><div id="yiv8343104534"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34559"><div id="yui_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="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34564"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_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="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34562"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_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="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_34557"><br clear="none"></div><div>Best, Muthoni </div></div><div class="yiv8343104534gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36897"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8343104534gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36896">On Dec 21, 2016 5:03 AM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv8343104534gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36895"><div class="yiv8343104534yqt9586824093" id="yiv8343104534yqt80408"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36894"><div><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482306738635_36893"><div>Listers </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_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><br clear="none"></div><div>Read on:-</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Internet--phones-blocked-as-House-debates-election-laws/539546-3493404-item-0-l9ge6u/index.html">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="yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature">A few weeks ago we discussed this issue of shutting down communication channels during crises across African countries. </div><div id="yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature">Well now you have your answer.</div><div id="yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature">If the government can shut down parliamentarians imagine what they can do to the rest of the country.</div><div id="yiv8343104534m_-3474991901121123000AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><a 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