<div dir="ltr"><div>Many thanks Benson, Moses and Mutheu for contributing to yesterday's discussion. Listers the floor is still open for you to contribute'i will share a summary of todays discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 11:02 PM Benson Muite via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Transmission of results can also be done by USSD not just by internet. A <br>
credible process cannot be ensured by ICT aspects alone, though ICT can <br>
increase efficiency. Observers should also be able to report results <br>
that are announced at polling stations.<br>
<br>
While there is a law on data protection, educational and technical <br>
aspects seem less well developed. This affects other areas, not just <br>
elections.<br>
<br>
Holistic planning is missing, many polling stations are schools, so <br>
purchasing infrastructure just for the election and not having a reuse <br>
plan may be a waste of resources.<br>
<br>
It may be worth comparing with information provided to voters and <br>
procedures followed in other African countries, for example South Africa <br>
and Ghana:<br>
<a href="https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Downloads/Documents-Voter-Education-Material" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Downloads/Documents-Voter-Education-Material</a><br>
<a href="https://ec.gov.gh/elections-instructions/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ec.gov.gh/elections-instructions/</a><br>
<br>
On 7/14/22 12:58, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet wrote:<br>
> Listers,<br>
> <br>
> To give you further insights kindly refer <br>
> <<a href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/mdocs-posts/technology-deployment-in-kenyas-2017-general-election/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.kictanet.or.ke/mdocs-posts/technology-deployment-in-kenyas-2017-general-election/</a>> <br>
> to previous reports on Tech and elections prepared by KICTANet. /The <br>
> Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) deployed a 25-person election <br>
> observer mission for Kenya’s 2017 General Election that took place on <br>
> August 8, 2017. Kenyans voted for six positions namely Presidential, <br>
> Senate, Parliamentary, Women’s Representative, Governor, and Member of <br>
> County Assembly. KICTANet’s observation focused specifically on the use <br>
> of technology from a user perspective and accordingly released a <br>
> preliminary report <br>
> <<a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20170811/356bef8e/attachment.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20170811/356bef8e/attachment.pdf</a>> <br>
> which was published on 11 August 2017./Are there outstanding issues that <br>
> need to be addressed?<br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 12:05 PM Barrack Otieno <br>
> <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Dear Moses,<br>
> <br>
> Many thanks for your observations. I totally agree with you. Would<br>
> you support any form of tools that IEBC can use to avail some of<br>
> this information easily. Accessibility is definately a key issue. I<br>
> tried accessing the Website yesterday but could not make it i guess<br>
> due to demand. Be that as it may it would be great to have a website<br>
> that factors in our differently abled brothers and sisters. Would<br>
> appreciate specific recommendations on the tools IEBC can use. The<br>
> time is shortly but as Commissioner Wanderi said yesterday, time is<br>
> never short for good ideas to be implemented. Listers, Keep the<br>
> ideas coming.<br>
> <br>
> Best Regards<br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 10:12 AM Moses Karanja via KICTANet<br>
> <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Two observations:<br>
> <br>
> 1. *Dedicate more attention to the official website as the main<br>
> communication channel. *There seems to be an assumption that<br>
> Facebook and Twitter are public spaces. If you compare the<br>
> information posted on IEBC's Facebook page and what is on their<br>
> website, you will realize the idea of /public access/ to<br>
> information is compromised. Facebook does not allow unsigned-in<br>
> individuals to access more than a sneak peak of pages, even the<br>
> so called "public" ones, despite the claims they make. Facebook<br>
> also breaks RSS feeds every so often to force people to sign up<br>
> on those surveillance platforms. This is not a request to<br>
> Facebook to make their surveillance platform more<br>
> public-friendly, rather a request to IEBC to treat public<br>
> information as truly public by investing in their official website.<br>
> <br>
> 2. *Publish standardized machine readable data.* The report IEBC<br>
> published regarding 2013 election is different from what they<br>
> published in 2017 and it is again different from the 2022<br>
> tables. Posting PDFs makes using that data harder and creates<br>
> room for error as the conversion of such data to formats like<br>
> csv increases entropy. This request has been made by so many<br>
> people in the last decade+ you feel there is more to this<br>
> refusal than plain technical limits.<br>
> <br>
> - Njoroge wa Karanja<br>
> <br>
> On 2022-07-13 14:02, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet wrote:<br>
>> Listers,<br>
>><br>
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