Couldn't put it better.I'm sorry to say this, but a common thread among a significant portion of Raila supporters is the tendency to jump into issues without bothering to understand them. It's all about Jubilee and stolen votes. Nothing else.
When someone tells you that Nigeria used Technology without a hitch then you know that witchcraft is real. Goodluck Jonathn's name was not found in the register. He waited for 50 minutes before being allowed to vote based on the manual register. Raila Odinga said that such people should be turned away because it falls within the margin of error. Can you imagine Raila being turned away from the station? He'll come out fuming "Jubuli is rigging. Jubuli is stealing my votes." and burning the country in the process with his horde of ever-willing suicide bombers. People who are saying we should copy Ghana don't know that Ghana - after learning from Kenya - used a manual back-up.
Raila is looking for an excuse ya nusu-mkate govt.
I'm sorry to say this, but a common thread among a significant portion of Raila supporters is the tendency to jump into issues without bothering to understand them. It's all about Jubilee and stolen votes. Nothing else.
When someone tells you that Nigeria used Technology without a hitch then you know that witchcraft is real. Goodluck Jonathn's name was not found in the register. He waited for 50 minutes before being allowed to vote based on the manual register. Raila Odinga said that such people should be turned away because it falls within the margin of error. Can you imagine Raila being turned away from the station? He'll come out fuming "Jubuli is rigging. Jubuli is stealing my votes." and burning the country in the process with his horde of ever-willing suicide bombers. People who are saying we should copy Ghana don't know that Ghana - after learning from Kenya - used a manual back-up.
Raila is looking for an excuse ya nusu-mkate govt.
There should be a provision in the law that says you are allowed to vote under special exceptional circumstances and not the current situation that says IEBC can decide not to deploy technology in the 2017 elections.
The same case should apply to IEBC when it comes to transmission of results, by the time the last vote is being tallyied all the results should already have been relayed in the Results Transmission system the the victor already determined in such away that their is no time to study the trend, shut down technology and doctor results. In areas not covered by Kenyan telco's, CAK has a standing fund that mobile subscribers pay into to ensure every inch of the country has access to communication worth billions of shillings that can be used to provide satelite communication where there is no coverage.
The use of technology in the 2017 elections should not be optional like it is in the amendments but mandatory to prevent the kind of mischief that people that are changing the number of voters per que from 500 to 700 want to do. This talk of backup should only be to full proof technology and not to replace technology.
You read the law wrong. It doesn't say that the IEBC can decide not to deploy technology. It says that the IEBC can fall on a complimentary mechanism in case technology fails.
How much is in the Kitty? How much will be need to set up transmission masts countrywide?
Once more, you're reading the law wrong. Please read it again.
For a forward looking country such as Kenya, to suggest a manual back up instead of a digital one smacks of deep malice.For a minute tuache kuchangia kwa mihemuko ya vyama na milengo ya kisiasa, lets deal with facts. Obviously both side are politicians and we all know they are never genuine, personally I have never been convinced that there is any politician who has 100% the best interest of the country at heart, even president Uhuru, deep inside him there are elements of political selfishness.
Anyway back to the topic at hand, you can't cite a single county election as the reference and equate it to a full blown countrywide election with all 6 elective position being voted for. I have seen people citing Ghana and Nigeria, yet no one is providing a documented case study of the two countries proving that they relied 100% on technology throughout without any hitch. I have seen somewhere Zimbabweans citing Kenya's 2013 use of BVR as reference for success of the kits, yet we all know what happened.
I am cognizant of benefits derived from use of technologies, BVR technology is the best option, but lets stop pretending hypocritically that we can use them 100% without any form of back up. I have installed biometric gadgets on several organisations for the purpose of employee time and attendance management and can tell for a fact, they always have challenges. I gave examples of some of the challenges I do encounter when implementing those gadgets such as false rejection of users by biometric system which can be occasioned by dirty hands, scars on fingers, skin diseases and ageing, or even template problems.
In parliament, they have biometric devices for MPs to authenticate themselves before going in, and there are instances those same parliamentarians have had to be allowed manually to pass through due to the gadgetry failures.
Rigging will definitely happen, with or without technologies, there is not one single politician, both in government and opposition who has never participated in rigging and who won't mind some form of manipulation. This is Kenya, an African country. However, technology will go a long way in enabling efficacy and I support it with all my heart, but lets stop pretense and be ready for reality.
Her is why they want manual...vote ...TIATYUkweli Deniers all over
They want a meaningful thread Ukileta wanaanza kuchange story eti its about manual and electronic voting only nothing else .....okay!!