<html><head></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_1485415213851_100450"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_102503">@Joel,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100625">Am not defending KPMG but I know folks there who are very qualified and competent to do this audit thing for IEBC.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_101331">For me the problem lies in the process IEBC may have used in procuring the audit services. They send out an Expression of Interest (EoI) and then selected the winner based on perhaps what the various auditors proposed (IEBC can correct this, since I stand to be corrected)</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450">Such a process - beauty contest - is always faced with the risk that the client (IEBC) may end up with what looks 'sexy' rather than what really needs to be done.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450">Perhaps IEBC should have used the Expression of Interest gathered to provide some baseline specs and then factor in the details of what needs to be done in terms of not just auditing the register, but also the processes around it. The improved specification should then have gone out on national and international tender.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450">Focusing purely on auditing the voter register records misses the point since a register can be cleaned today, and soiled tomorrow because the processes, systems and procedures revolving around it may not be strong enough to preserve the necessary integrity.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450">walu.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100450"><span><br></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100454"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100460" 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_1485415213851_100459"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100458"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100457"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100456"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_100455"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> JOEL CENAS OJUNG'A 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> JOEL CENAS OJUNG'A <ojayc19@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 26, 2017 2:24 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] IEBC registry shows 128, 926 records of shared voter details - Who audits the IEBC database?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_102502"><br><div id="yiv4239783011"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_102501"><div dir="ltr">I also feel KPMG is largely compromised and lacks the moral authority to audit the IEBC registry.</div>
<div class="yiv4239783011gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_102500">On Jan 26, 2017 14:07, "John Kieti 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="yiv4239783011gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_102499"><div dir="ltr">It could be that we are having the famous case of MS Access Database Administrators at IEBC.</div><div class="yiv4239783011gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_102498"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4239783011gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485415213851_102497">On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:16 PM, julianne anyim via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<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> ></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv4239783011gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div>My same exact sentiments @Ronald Ojino. Sounds deliberate to me. What sort of a database are they using? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Julie <br clear="none"><div class="yiv4239783011gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4239783011gmail_quote"><div><div class="yiv4239783011m_8468540176707323676h5">On 24 Jan 2017 21:00, "Ronald Ojino 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"></div></div><blockquote class="yiv4239783011m_8468540176707323676m_6066090653225424985quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div class="yiv4239783011m_8468540176707323676h5"><div>My rather basic question is how is that database designed...it lacks data integrity (how did that happen?)  ..could this be delibrate .<div>Regards,</div><div>Ronald Ojino</div></div><div class="yiv4239783011gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4239783011gmail_quote"><div class="yiv4239783011m_8468540176707323676m_6066090653225424985elided-text">On 24-Jan-2017 8:06 PM, "John Kieti 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"></div><blockquote class="yiv4239783011gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="yiv4239783011m_8468540176707323676m_6066090653225424985elided-text"><div dir="ltr">IMHO, We need an early spotlight on the competences, capacities and integrity of people running IEBC's ICT functions. We cannot afford to have mediocrity being exhibited in the ICT profession, yet again.<div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv4239783011gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4239783011gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<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> ></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv4239783011gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati said that these cases of multiple<br clear="none">
registrations are attributed to data entry errors at the time of<br clear="none">
registration, possible use of one ID to register more than once,<br clear="none">
attempted registration of more than one person using same ID as well<br clear="none">
as shared National ID numbers. “The Commission is working closely with<br clear="none">
National Registration Bureau (NRB) to clean up all the shared IDs. In<br clear="none">
addition, a team of Registration officers and ICT operators are<br clear="none">
conducting further cleanup,” said Chebukati. He said that the<br clear="none">
provisional register will be availed to members of the public for<br clear="none">
verification once the voter enlistment exercise is over.<br clear="none">
Read more at: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000231105/iebc-registry-shows-128-926-records-of-shared-voter-details">https://www.standardmedia.co.k e/article/2000231105/iebc-regi stry-shows-128-926-records-of- shared-voter-details</a><br clear="none">
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Of particular interest is the following line : attempted registration<br clear="none">
of more than one person using same ID as well as shared National ID<br clear="none">
numbers, do we have competent people managing this important<br clear="none">
institution?<br clear="none">
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The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.<br clear="none">
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