<div dir="auto">Hi all,<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">There is a lot to say about the substance of the proposed law but I think the process is ill advised. There should be no amendments to the law given the very limited time period before the rerun.</div><div dir="auto">And although we have been invited because we care about technology, I would like to believe that we also care about the nation. We shall achieve very little in terms of building trust in our processes and institutions in such a rushed process. Shelve this law. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 Oct 2017 16:57, "Grace Githaiga via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">KICTANet has been invited on Thursday October 5, 2017, to a meeting of the select committees on Election laws 2017. Considering that there will be many other groups participating,
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Further, we realize that the time is too short to hold a moderated debate and therefore would like to hear from you
on specific tech issues. We have to do this by <b><u>Wednesday October 4, 2017 at</u></b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><u> 2 p.m.
</u></b>Thereafter, I and Kanini Mutemi will collate the views in readiness for Thursday. In addition, it would be good for those who participated in the KICTANet observation mission on August 8, 2017 to also attend this Thursday meeting. </span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">We attach the two bills, and would like to draw your attention to:</span><br>
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most important office in a democracy is the citizen. So, you see, that’s what our democracy demands. It needs you!----Barrack Obama.</i></b></span></span><br>
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