Wenzangu Can you believe that the electionwas 16 days ago? Sometimes it feels like it was yesterday, and sometimes it feels like it was last year. Anyway, I just want to *thank* those Kictanet members who helped me to collect data about ICT usage on election day. Those people included Wambui Ngugi, Mwendwa Kivuva, Muchiri Nyaggah, Norbert Wildermuth, Grace Githaiga, Michael Bullut and Brian Longwe. I think all in all we collected about 70 surveys on election day. I have not keyed them all in. This database has some very rich information, and some surprising results. Bottom line 1) *Kictanet rocks* 2) *Crowdsourcing works*. I have asked my colleagues to give me permission to give your more information about the data we collected in summarized form, We have a LOT more questions than shown here, but here is a delicious taste. If you want to contribute your experience to this noble project, contact *Michael Bullut at main@kipsang.com**. *We are closing survey collection this weekend because the social media is beginning to distort people's perceptions. Number of Surveys 23 Age of youngest voter 20 Age of Oldest voter 67 How many received text messages day of election? 7 30.43% Sample text messages Yes, exchanged with a friend to remind me to vote wisely to the candidate of our choice. Yes.There were some aspirants who tried to text messages, writing their names Senator, Governor. Yes. We need our country even after elections so we can continue with daily lives. Let us vote peacefully and avoid inceitement. We are all Kenyans! Changed their vote on the basis of a textbook or facebook message. 0 Received a text message warning to stay away from polls 0 Sample comments on election People should stop voting on tribal lines I experiencedthe peace. I cannot expect anything worse. According to the behavior, it is going to be a peaceful election in Nairobi. I was frustrated and disappointed that the election was manual and slow, not based on the immense technological advances in the country. This was more so after all the hype and excitement that the election and the tallying process was technology driven. I left the polling station hoping that nothing would go wrong with the manual process as it happened in 2007. The entire technology eventually failed at the tallying process and now allegations have arisen that the manual process has been comprised. Instead of feeling happy for an election well conducted and won by the superior candidate, I continue feeling a sense of apprehension. Like something about to explode. A feeling as though the prevailing peace is not genuine. It is an oppressive peace only celebrated by the winners. -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas wbowman@clintonschool.uasys.edu http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 --------------------------------------------------