Some observations:
- The IEBC are now considered experts on registration - interesting!
- There is already a technical team made up of the Ministries of Information, Communication and Technology and Interior and Coordination of National Government - that was quick!
- The government has their key messaging co-ordinated on this. Check out the quotes from two Cabinet Secretaries:
“This is your
know-your-citizen campaign that will help us develop a
reliable master database that will help us in national planning and security,” - Matiang’i
“We must
know who is a Kenyan and who is not. We can only do this from a
credible digital database,” - ole Lenku
This suggests that messaging is being very controlled centrally and all talking points comes from the same source. Expect to hear more about knowing each other and the databases that will help us do that from other Cabinet Secretaries in the next few weeks.
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