From frying pan to fire. That is IIEC for you as we speak.
Earlier rigging of voting was carried out by by stuffing ballot boxes.
Now this time around the enemy is not stuffed boxes but technologically savvy techs
stuffing digital votes for non existent voters using a laptop or a smart phone.
The drama at IIEC is sad to say the least. And i am really questioning the
ability to provide free and fair elections to the Kenyans population?
What "electronic observers" has IIEC put in place to ensure the integrity of
the system cannot be compromised. What guarantee is there that the providers
of smart voting systems, the ones quarreling over tenders, have no political interests
and cannot be bought with the billions of shillings that our lords of politics command.
IIEC continued sidelining of Kenyan programmers and computer experts
to audit their systems has not only ensured the most expensive voting
expense in the history of Kenya but a very serious possibility of a bungled
election exercise as the powers that be would definitely want to be in control
of voting machinery.
I pray our politicians, who are easily spotted when their interests are crossed, will
arise to the occasion and seriously assist out the IIEC.
Peter Kamakia
Mitambo ICT Company
P.O.Box 25365-00100
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 0720219320
Earlier rigging of voting was carried out by by stuffing ballot boxes.
Now this time around the enemy is not stuffed boxes but technologically savvy techs
stuffing digital votes for non existent voters using a laptop or a smart phone.
The drama at IIEC is sad to say the least. And i am really questioning the
ability to provide free and fair elections to the Kenyans population?
What "electronic observers" has IIEC put in place to ensure the integrity of
the system cannot be compromised. What guarantee is there that the providers
of smart voting systems, the ones quarreling over tenders, have no political interests
and cannot be bought with the billions of shillings that our lords of politics command.
IIEC continued sidelining of Kenyan programmers and computer experts
to audit their systems has not only ensured the most expensive voting
expense in the history of Kenya but a very serious possibility of a bungled
election exercise as the powers that be would definitely want to be in control
of voting machinery.
I pray our politicians, who are easily spotted when their interests are crossed, will
arise to the occasion and seriously assist out the IIEC.
Peter Kamakia
Mitambo ICT Company
P.O.Box 25365-00100
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 0720219320
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