Africog launches website to detail election malpractices.

Africog launches website on electoral malpractices

Africog's Execurive Director Ms Gladwell Otieno addressing the press on April 12, 2013 at the launch of the firm's website that will be used to upload evidence on electoral malpractices. Photo/DENISH OCHIENG NATION MEDIA GROUP

By JOHN NJAGI jnjagi@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Friday, April 12 2013 at 13:55

A website with evidence detailing electoral malpractices of the March 4 General Election which the Supreme Court ruled against during the petitions has been launched.

Ms Gladwell Otieno and Zahid Rajad from Africa Centre for Open Governance (Africog) have partnered with Inform Action Director Mr Maina Kiai to launch the 'People's Court' (www.peoplescourt.co.ke) where evidence on electoral malpractices will be uploaded.

The public would also have a forum to post their experiences during the elections.

The public would also be allowed to criticise and recommend new ways of conducting a free and fair election which the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) can adopt.

"This is not about individuals but the elections process. The website will open a public debate with the aim of strengthening our democracy," said Africog's Executive Director, Ms Otieno.

The website has been launched ahead of a detailed finding to be released by the Supreme Court on its ruling during that upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya's fourth president.

The Supreme Court ruled that the election was free, fair and transparent.

The court dismissed petitions by Africog and Cord's presidential candidate Raila Odinga challenging the validity of the elections and the victory of Uhuru Kenyatta.

Africog said it would upload a 900 page document detailing evidence on alleged electoral malpractices it managed to gather in its monitoring of the electoral process for the people to decide.

"Supreme Courts could be wrong and they have been wrong in the other jurisdictions such as in the US. That is why we want an open debate on this issue to allow the public to decide for themselves what took place," said Mr Kiai.

Ms Otieno said the intention of kick-starting the debate was not to change the decision by the Supreme Court but to initiate debate among Kenyans about their institutions.

Africog launches website on electoral malpractices - Politics - nation.co.ke

Top court to justify poll petition ruling

By NATION REPORTER
Posted Thursday, April 11 2013 at 21:00
In Summary

• In the first petition, Mr Moses Kuria and Mr Denis Itumbi, two close associates of Mr Kenyatta, had questioned the consideration of all "votes cast" in the formula used by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in computing the votes for presidential candidates.

The Supreme Court is expected to explain the reasons for its decision to uphold Mr Uhuru Kenyatta's declaration as President on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga met yesterday to finalise their report.

Dr Mutunga told journalists that a meeting he had with the judges was the reason for the delay in his presiding over of the swearing in of HIV and Aids tribunal.

He did not say when he would give the reasons for the dismissal of the petition by Cord leader Raila Odinga.

Dr Mutunga left for Dar es Salaam after swearing in the tribunal.

A source in the Judiciary said the reasons would be released on Tuesday. "The report is complete and will be made public on that day," the source said Thursday.

The Supreme Court handled three petitions from the results of the presidential election of March 4.

In the first petition, Mr Moses Kuria and Mr Denis Itumbi, two close associates of Mr Kenyatta, had questioned the consideration of all "votes cast" in the formula used by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in computing the votes for presidential candidates.

They argued that the slightly more than 100,000 rejected votes should not have been included in the final tally.

The six judges agreed with the petitioners and ruled that the rejected votes should not have been included in calculating the final tally.

Mr Odinga's petition said various shortcomings by the IEBC in the management of the elections had made it impossible to conclude that the country had held free and fair elections as required by the Constitution.

The third petition filed by voters Gladwell Otieno and Zahid Rajan claimed the elections did not meet the constitutional threshold due to the failure in the poll management system.

Top court to justify poll petition ruling - Politics - nation.co.ke

Here is the link to the website:

The Peoples Court

We understand, they have to make themselves relevant to their financiers.

They argued that the slightly more than 100,000 rejected votes should not have been included in the final tally.

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incase pple are not aware, strengthening democracy does not mean a constant discrediting of institutions, especially those gazeted. it will b shameful 10 years from now still having ngos that thrive on bashing the legal courts the electorate, and security institutions, as their principle objective. they need to redefine their fundamental objectives

Dr. Job said:

Dear all, On behalf of InformAction and AfriCOG, I am pleased to invite you to the launch of a website called, "The People's Court" tomorrow Friday April 12, at 10:00am at The Sarova Stanley Hotel. I am sorry for the incredibly short notice in getting this to you, but I hope that some of you will attend or send representatives to the event as a sign of your support for openness, accountability, and the freedom of expression and information. The website is a joint project between AfriCOG and InformAction and is an attempt to present in public all the evidence around the recent elections. Some of that is from the cases filed at the Supreme Court, but it will also include material and information from citizens, observers and others. Citizens will be provided a location to post /Number to send text messages in order to submit any information and evidence they gathered so that the complete truth on the recent elections can emerge. Importantly, The People’s Court will be an accountability mechanism on the IEBC and the Supreme Court. Analysis of the Court's decision will be posted on the website hoping to engender critical and constructive discussions on why they took the decision that they did, in the face of the evidence that will be presented. The People’s Court gives the public unique access to all the evidence filed at the Supreme Court in the Civil Society petition challenging the election process. By inviting citizen participation, we aim to make institutions accountable and uphold the high democratic standards of the constitution. We also hope that the website will be used as a forum for debate and opinion, celebrating freedom of expression in Kenya and our vibrant tradition of democracy activism. Kindly share this with other colleagues who may be interested. Kind regards, Maina Kiai KPTJ Secretariat Africa Centre for Open Governance Kabarsiran Avenue, off James Gichuru Road, Lavington P.O.Box 18157 – 00100 Nairobi Tel. 0705 142 118/ 0728 787 929 Visit our webpage: http://www.africog.org/kptj_homepage ​

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Why is mr Kiai wasting so much resources,,,from friends abroad,, on matters which will never
help any one in Kenya?

Why not launch a website so as to bring Kenyans together on matters that affects them directly,
like this time that,,ounce again,,we see members of parliament wanting to go even against the
laws, and, raise their salaries?

Why only the past elections,,,what that he(Kiai) sees that not many Kenyans cannot? Why keep
digging on this when, even the adversaries in the last elections seems to be shaking hands and
laughing at the state house? Why mr Kiai.

Is this the only way to make dollars flow from US????