For years some of us have made suggestions, which if heeded to, would make things much easier for IEBC & Kenyans.

(i) No foreign firm should be issued a major technology contract without local partners - Firms owned by Kenyans, well known to be passionate about technology. Training also works best with people who can relate well to each other.

Next time, IEBC could work with digischools to train returning officers on how to use tablets for scanning, transmitting documents.

http://icta.go.ke/digischool/teacher-capacity/ >> So far 80,980 teachers have been trained.

(ii) Competitions should be held to encourage interested and capable Kenyans to create educational/instructional animations. 

https://www.skillsusa.org/events-training/national-leadership-and-skills-conference/   >> https://youtu.be/ase6_hKuAwM

Simple animation/apps can guide "returning and presiding officers" on how to properly use the technology at their disposal. It may even work better than video conferencing in areas where there are bandwidth issues.

Procurement challenges/requirements (including fraud) has always kept talented Kenyans from contributing their skills to developing transparency and accountability in Kenya. We should use competitions, awarding up to KES 100 million to winning teams. 

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