Some interesting insights around Elections and Technology. Our Convenor Ms Grace Githaiga and Ms Egline Samoei,one of our Tech Observer shared insights on the just concluded August 9, 2022 elections for Quartz Africa.
“Kenyans don’t trust technology to run the electoral process. We are afraid that systems might be hacked. People want to see the votes counted one by one,” Egline Samoei.
“Tech is seen as neural but it doesn’t run elections on its own. People behind the tech run elections. It is a case of garbage in, garbage out. If we key in the right data on the right verification mechanisms, then we will get verified election results,”Grace Githaiga told Quartz.