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line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">WALUBENGO: On electronic polling, both Cord and Jubilee are</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;">Nothing stops the opposition from abusing a failed system, but the incumbent always has an upper hand</div> </td> <td 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="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483092305697_93336"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483092305697_93235" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483092305697_93235" dir="ltr">walu.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483092305697_93337"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483092305697_93355" 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_1483092305697_93354"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483092305697_93353"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483092305697_93352"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483092305697_93356"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Barrack Otieno 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> Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>; JImmy Gitonga <jimmygitts@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 30, 2016 6:26 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS ICT Honest<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Dear all,<br><br>In the meantime, we encourage all of you to raise the substantive<br>issues you have the way Washington and other colleagues have done. We<br>have started collating the views for submission to the Senate next<br>week.<br><br>Best Regards and wishes for the new year<br><br>On 12/30/16, Collins Areba via kictanet <<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>> Let's dissect the problem into pieces.<br>> 1: voter registration: collecting details, photos and fingerprints.<br>> (Multiple data types)<br>><br>> 2: verification: ascertaining that registered persons are in the system,<br>> and dead / expired ones are removed from the system. (Boolean: yes / No)<br>><br>> 3: voting: choosing from one of several options.<br>><br>> 4: tallying : counting the choices at the polling stations and recording<br>> the results on paper or device.<br>><br>> 5: transmission: sending this information to regional and national tallying<br>> centers.<br>><br>> Maybe the good CS can explain how al shabbat can disable IT solutions so<br>> much that manual "backups" would suffice.<br>><br>><br>><br>> On 30 Dec 2016 17:58, "Grace Mutung'u via kictanet" <<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> Thank you Wash for initiating the discussion. I also wondered whether a<br>>> complimentary system was used in voter registration and where this system<br>>> resides.<br>>><br>>> I remember a quote by the IEBC CEO during the Kenya IGF where he stated<br>>> that being a Republic based on democracy, we have made elections the only<br>>> means to access power. <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/kigf" target="_blank">https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/kigf</a><br>>> He recalled the use of tech in the 2010 Referendum, 2013 elections and<br>>> the<br>>> various by-elections that have taken place. In the Referendum and most<br>>> by-elections, there was not much contest about use of technology while<br>>> for<br>>> 2013 some issues were raised- these included multiple registers, voter<br>>> impersonation and transparency.<br>>> The tech community has an important role to play in demystifying some of<br>>> these concepts.<br>>> a) The wording of the amendment read "complimentary mechanism for<br>>> identification of voters". It has now been expanded to include<br>>> transmission<br>>> of election results "where technology deployed initially fails". What<br>>> would this mean, in the case of identification of voters and in the case<br>>> of<br>>> transmission of results? What complimentary systems were envisaged here?<br>>> "Manual backup?" The ambiguity in the wording is a challenge as it<br>>> leaves<br>>> too room for interpretation in a system of high contests.<br>>><br>>> b) The mischief that technology was meant to cure in elections<br>>> management<br>>> was among others allegations of voter impersonation and transparency in<br>>> management of elections. Tech is therefore supposed to achieve<br>>> simplicity,<br>>> accuracy, verifiablilty, security, accountability and transparency. Is<br>>> the<br>>> conversation about a " complimentary" system a necessary one at this<br>>> stage?<br>>><br>>> Outside of the amendment, has anyone come across the data that CA<br>>> presented on network coverage in the counties? A visualisation of that<br>>> data<br>>> besides the polling stations would be useful in helping us identify the<br>>> specific polling stations/tallying centres that are not covered. I am<br>>> asking this because the presenters spoke of areas not covered by network<br>>> as<br>>> opposed to polling stations/tallying centres not covered.<br>>><br>>> Raha tupate na ustawi<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> 2016-12-30 13:54 GMT+03:00 Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>:<br>>><br>>>> I agree. We should put together our submissions as the ICT community and<br>>>> present the same to bunge.<br>>>><br>>>> Victor<br>>>><br>>>> On 30 Dec 2016 13:50, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" <<br>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>>> Thanks Walu, it's time for us to stand up. Let's demystify this tech.<br>>>>><br>>>>> On Dec 30, 2016 1:43 PM, "Walubengo J via kictanet" <<br>>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>>> I think this is an opportunity for the ICT fraternity to take up the<br>>>>>> challenge and demystify electronic systems in elections. I believe<br>>>>>> this<br>>>>>> forum has the most neutral platform where the media, academia,<br>>>>>> operators,<br>>>>>> regulators, government, legal and other interested parties can<br>>>>>> brainstorm<br>>>>>> on this.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> I propose that early in the year, a face-2-face roundtable TV /Radio<br>>>>>> broadcast (NTV, Citizen, KTN?) deliberation to break this down -perhaps<br>>>>>> at<br>>>>>> Strath University (CPIT are you there?).<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> A lot has been written on the issue of electronic systems in elections<br>>>>>> but seems nobody READS, least of all politicians from both sides of<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> divide. I can imagine a cast of the following:<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> IEBC: CEO or Rep?<br>>>>>> Regulator: CEO or Rep?<br>>>>>> Operator: Safcom/Airtel/Telkom?<br>>>>>> ICT Min: Minister or rep?<br>>>>>> Academia: MMU/Strath/UoN/?<br>>>>>> Political Party: Jubilee+CORD Rep?<br>>>>>> Moderator &Broadcaster: Media (Citizen, NTV,KTN)<br>>>>>> Convenor: KICTAnet -GG are you back from holiday?<br>>>>>> Sponsors: Anyone?<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> If we do not hijack this ICT conversation, the politicians will run<br>>>>>> with it in the wrong direction and we might find ourselves exactly<br>>>>>> where we<br>>>>>> were in 2007.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> walu.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>> ------------------------------<br>>>>>> *From:* JImmy Gitonga via kictanet <<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>>>>>> *To:* <a ymailto="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a><br>>>>>> *Cc:* JImmy Gitonga <<a ymailto="mailto:jimmygitts@gmail.com" href="mailto:jimmygitts@gmail.com">jimmygitts@gmail.com</a>><br>>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, December 30, 2016 1:14 PM<br>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS<br>>>>>> ICT Honest<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Thank you Odhiambo Washington,<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> I have the same concerns myself. I reached the conclusion that it<br>>>>>> would<br>>>>>> be nice if "ICT Experts" could lay their hands on a BVI machine as well<br>>>>>> as<br>>>>>> a and show the rest of us what the problem really is. The ERT issue is<br>>>>>> a<br>>>>>> red herring. It has worked flawlessly in the bi-elections that have<br>>>>>> happened ever since. With PKI and 2 factor authentication, this can be<br>>>>>> solved for election day.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> I am sure Victor Kyalo and Joseph Mucheru could make this possible.<br>>>>>> Call it a "Kenyans as ICT stakeholders" meeting. All Listers with time<br>>>>>> will<br>>>>>> begin to be asked by their family or neighbours, what the issue really<br>>>>>> is.<br>>>>>> I, for one, do not want to echo the CS's words.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> I think the CS and the PS should help us help them. Otherwise they<br>>>>>> will<br>>>>>> be on their own when the political vultures come calling.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Regards,<br>>>>>> Jimmy Gitonga<br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Message: 4<br>>>>>> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:30:08 +0300<br>>>>>> From: Odhiambo Washington <<a ymailto="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>><br>>>>>> To: Kictanet <<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> ><br>>>>>> Subject: [kictanet] Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS ICT<br>>>>>> Honest<br>>>>>> Message-ID:<br>>>>>> <CAAdA2WPFoRvjF5Bodk+sHb-P4_ <a ymailto="mailto:rUp2AXpA9Q3zAk-UR57cqwGw@mail." href="mailto:rUp2AXpA9Q3zAk-UR57cqwGw@mail.">rUp2AXpA9Q3zAk-UR57cqwGw@mail.</a><br>>>>>> gmail.com<br>>>>>> <CAAdA2WPFoRvjF5Bodk%<a ymailto="mailto:2BsHb-P4_rUp2AXpA9Q3zAk-UR57cqwGw@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:2BsHb-P4_rUp2AXpA9Q3zAk-UR57cqwGw@mail.gmail.com">2BsHb-P4_rUp2AXpA9Q3zAk-UR57cqwGw@mail.gmail.com</a>>><br>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Dear Listers,<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> I am at that position where I feel very lost. In fact, I feel like I<br>>>>>> am<br>>>>>> quite detached from the reality.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> All along, I have keenly considered this matter that seems to have<br>>>>>> divided<br>>>>>> the country down the middle: *Manual Backup* during the 2017 voting<br>>>>>> process. From the Jubilee/govt side this is a do or die and so it must<br>>>>>> be<br>>>>>> there. This govt side seems hell-bent on confusing the masses, as well<br>>>>>> as<br>>>>>> the experts like the ICT Community. From the Opposition side, the<br>>>>>> agenda<br>>>>>> seems to be very clear - that of ensuring integrity of the Voters<br>>>>>> Register<br>>>>>> and stopping 'ghost voters' from ever casting their votes.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> That brings us to the famous acronyms - BVI (Biometric Voter Register)<br>>>>>> /<br>>>>>> BVI (Biometric Voter Identification).<br>>>>>> Having been to a Voter Registration Centre (later to become a Polling<br>>>>>> Station) to register as a voter, I did look at the equipment in use<br>>>>>> for<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> registration process. I saw the laptop which was fitted with a camera<br>>>>>> and<br>>>>>> fingerprints scanner. All these require power to run. I did not dwell<br>>>>>> on<br>>>>>> how they were powered, but probably there was a battery backup<br>>>>>> somewhere<br>>>>>> (besides the electricity) given that they needed to run for a whole<br>>>>>> day<br>>>>>> for<br>>>>>> several days during the voter registration process. When it comes to<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> Elections, they only need to run for about 11 hours. My point here is<br>>>>>> that<br>>>>>> of *Backup Power* should it be that there's electricity blackout and<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> built-in batteries can't last the whole day. That backup is very<br>>>>>> important.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> However, I did not see any piece of equipment which could suggest that<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> equipment in use required any form of connectivity back to some<br>>>>>> central<br>>>>>> server in order to function! Which now brings me to the currently<br>>>>>> national<br>>>>>> debate - Manual Backup during the Poll Day. What is it? Was the CS<br>>>>>> honest<br>>>>>> with his presentation before the Senate/Amos Wako committee yesterday?<br>>>>>> Does<br>>>>>> the CS himself really believe in the content of his presentation? I am<br>>>>>> asking that because I watched him and I don't believe him. I actually<br>>>>>> think<br>>>>>> he mislead the committee, and hence the nation at large.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Someone please prove me wrong. I am at that point where I believe that<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> BVR/BVI does NOT require any form of connectivity and so this Manual<br>>>>>> Backup<br>>>>>> being touted by the ruling coalition side, strongly supported by the<br>>>>>> ICT<br>>>>>> CS is a big lie. WHY?<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> My very first answer: Simply put, *when there was no requirement for a<br>>>>>> manual backup during voter registration, it goes without saying that<br>>>>>> there<br>>>>>> is NO NEED for on the polling day.*<br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>> 1. For the issue that is in contention - BVR (used for BVI during<br>>>>>> polling)<br>>>>>> - this is a database that can be (and should be) statically stored on<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> equipment for each polling station. We are not supposed to rely on the<br>>>>>> Mobile Network to access this voters database. And every polling<br>>>>>> station<br>>>>>> can have two/three laptops/Biometrics scanner/Backup batteries to<br>>>>>> ensure<br>>>>>> that the voter identification doesn't fail.<br>>>>>> Some excuse has been fronted about some voters being mechanics, such<br>>>>>> that<br>>>>>> their fingerprints wouldn't be recognized by the BVI systems hence<br>>>>>> need<br>>>>>> for<br>>>>>> manual identification. My take on that is that every voter must carry<br>>>>>> their<br>>>>>> voter's card on that day. The clerks can check that card number<br>>>>>> against<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> electronic system - enter it, and it will bring the person's picture,<br>>>>>> ID<br>>>>>> number, etc and let him cast his ballot.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> 2. For electronics results transmission (ERT), this is not even<br>>>>>> necessary<br>>>>>> in the first place. We can have the results collated/announced at the<br>>>>>> tallying centres after being certified - forms 36A, and such. However,<br>>>>>> if<br>>>>>> the ERT must be done, the data footprint is so tiny that a 2G network<br>>>>>> can<br>>>>>> be used. Besides, it can be an SMS based system, which doesn't require<br>>>>>> 3G<br>>>>>> or VSAT. The results data isn't that large - it can't be in Megabytes<br>>>>>> to be<br>>>>>> sincere. Well, VSAT can be used if they MUST, but this is after the<br>>>>>> voting<br>>>>>> process itself is complete, has nothing to do with BVI.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> The ERT and the BVR/BVI are two distinct systems. That is what I want<br>>>>>> to<br>>>>>> believe. The ERT gets feedback from a manual process - of voters<br>>>>>> casting<br>>>>>> their vote, clerks/agents counting, verifying, and certifying, filling<br>>>>>> requisite forms then communicating the same via some customized phones<br>>>>>> which are programmed to communicate to a backend system. Am I right on<br>>>>>> that??<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Now the big question here is, where do we need this much touted manual<br>>>>>> backup where network connectivity is being used as the major reason???<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> (a) Citing terrorism and the possibility of Al Shabaab knocking off<br>>>>>> base<br>>>>>> stations seems like well thought out lie meant to cover our eyes! If<br>>>>>> they<br>>>>>> attacked an area, I doubt there will be voting in the 1st place.<br>>>>>> And even so, the network connectivity is not required for BVI so<br>>>>>> there<br>>>>>> is no disenfranchising anyone if there is no manual backup (whatever<br>>>>>> that<br>>>>>> is).<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> (b) Citing hacking is neither here nor there for a BVR/BVI system<br>>>>>> because<br>>>>>> it's not being accessed live during the voting. It's a static<br>>>>>> database,<br>>>>>> unique to the polling station, resident on the laptop used by the<br>>>>>> clerks.<br>>>>>> The only hacking that can be done then can only be by an "insider".<br>>>>>> Quoting<br>>>>>> Victor Kapiyo from Social Media, "*I guess it's a question of trust.<br>>>>>> Trust<br>>>>>> in systems and in trustworthy people to do the right thing. For<br>>>>>> M-Pesa,<br>>>>>> or<br>>>>>> KCSE results, we trust both. For IEBC, I guess the jury is still<br>>>>>> out*."<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> The main issue is not allowing the dead voters to rise again to vote<br>>>>>> in<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> presidential vote, then disappear. So the important component here is<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> BVR/BVI, the credibility of the register and hence the vote.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> At what point does the BVI system require this connectivity they are<br>>>>>> talking about, which then necessitates the so called "manual backup"?<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Did the CS ICT lie to the Senate?? Did the CAK lie to the Senate in<br>>>>>> supporting the lie from the CS??<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> There is insincerity in this whole debate about 'manual backup' and<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> ICT<br>>>>>> community seems to either support it or is simply lost in the pool of<br>>>>>> confusion being peddled by politicians.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>> --<br>>>>>> Best regards,<br>>>>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>>>>>> Nairobi,KE<br>>>>>> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>>>>>> "Oh, the cruft."<br>>>>>> -------------- next part --------------<br>>>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>>>>>> URL: <<a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ </a>pipermail/kictanet/<br>>>>>> attachments/20161230/4ba36a72/ attachment.html<br>>>>>> <<a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20161230/4ba36a72/attachment.html" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20161230/4ba36a72/attachment.html</a>><br>>>>>> ><br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>>> kictanet mailing list<br>>>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>>>>>> <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m</a><br>>>>>> ailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder<br>>>>>> platform<br>>>>>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and<br>>>>>> regulation. 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