Results Transmission System
Stories that we may have missed: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmis... Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013. I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us. -- Muthoni My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
This story and another on safaricom being pressured not to support the transmission was in the public domain, as a sector, we should have discussed these ahead of time. these articles were in the public domain. ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Dorcas Muthoni [dmuthoni@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:39 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Results Transmission System Stories that we may have missed: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmis... Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013. I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us. -- Muthoni My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
Now, there is loads of information that is becoming available about the system. I am sharing more that has come my way: 1. The RFP used to source a vendor: http://buyersguide.ifes.org/procurement_pdf/1356124968.pdf 2. RFP was closing only 4th January, 2013, yes..only this January 3. An external party (US based) that seems to have been fully involved in the entire procurement process and i would imagine implementation as well is http://www.ifes.org/. See all details about their role in the RFP and others on their website. 4. Project was USAID funded. 5. A good blog with several discussions on this: http://iebctechkenya.tumblr.com/ Before we blame anybody or feel sorry for any party, Please lets do a thorough review of the ongoings. I am sure we shall then address the IT problem in this case. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.ca> wrote:
This story and another on safaricom being pressured not to support the transmission was in the public domain, as a sector, we should have discussed these ahead of time.
these articles were in the public domain. ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Dorcas Muthoni [dmuthoni@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:39 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Results Transmission System
Stories that we may have missed:
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmis...
Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013.
I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us.
-- Muthoni
My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:-
First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
-- Muthoni My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
Why is another country paying for and procuring as critical and sensitive a national infrastructure and resource as our national election system? Total, absolute fail! Brian On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni@gmail.com> wrote:
Now, there is loads of information that is becoming available about the system. I am sharing more that has come my way:
1. The RFP used to source a vendor: http://buyersguide.ifes.org/procurement_pdf/1356124968.pdf 2. RFP was closing only 4th January, 2013, yes..only this January 3. An external party (US based) that seems to have been fully involved in the entire procurement process and i would imagine implementation as well is http://www.ifes.org/. See all details about their role in the RFP and others on their website. 4. Project was USAID funded. 5. A good blog with several discussions on this: http://iebctechkenya.tumblr.com/
Before we blame anybody or feel sorry for any party, Please lets do a thorough review of the ongoings. I am sure we shall then address the IT problem in this case.
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.ca> wrote:
This story and another on safaricom being pressured not to support the transmission was in the public domain, as a sector, we should have discussed these ahead of time.
these articles were in the public domain. ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Dorcas Muthoni [dmuthoni@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:39 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Results Transmission System
Stories that we may have missed:
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmis...
Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013.
I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us.
-- Muthoni
My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:-
First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
-- Muthoni
My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:-
First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/blongwe%40gmail.com
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
A wake-up call to Kenyans to be wary of "put all your eggs in the glorious IT basket" peddlers? Unless you built the platform, owned and operated it, then your best could be no more than a washer in the system, a rain drop in the ocean or a mere subject in the digital kingdom. In which case the manual system restores IEBC to its due authoritative standing. Some food for thought: 'Engineering: Designed to Fail' - Henry Petroski, American Scientist, Volume 85 “Failure in engineering, as in lif, is considered a negative quality--something to be avoided. When we hear that a system has failed or a device has broken, we begin to look for causes and culprits even as we are caring for victims and cleaning up the pieces. We want o identify how and why each failure happened so that we can prevent it in the future. Was the design defective? Were the materials flawed? Was the maintenance negligent? Was the use excessive? Such are the questions of a failure analysis, determined to get to the heart of the matter so that blame and liability can be assigned, and things can be redesigned. In this sense, failed things and their makers can be said to be vindicated; they provide lessons for improvement and for the advancement of civilization. There is another aspect of failure, one that from the beginning puts the usual pejorative connotation of the word in a much more positive light. We actually want certain things to fail and break, for otherwise we would be frustrated in their use and possibly even harmed by their existence. The challenge to the engineer in this case is to design systems and devices that have well-defined and predictable failure and breaking points so that such physical phenomena as collapse fracture happen in the way and at the time they are supposed to." JSTOR link: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/27856846?uid=3738336&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21101736419923 ________________________________ From: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> To: ict.researcher@yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Results Transmission System Why is another country paying for and procuring as critical and sensitive a national infrastructure and resource as our national election system? Total, absolute fail! Brian On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni@gmail.com> wrote: Now, there is loads of information that is becoming available about the system. I am sharing more that has come my way:
1. The RFP used to source a vendor: http://buyersguide.ifes.org/procurement_pdf/1356124968.pdf 2. RFP was closing only 4th January, 2013, yes..only this January
3. An external party (US based) that seems to have been fully involved in the entire procurement process and i would imagine implementation as well is http://www.ifes.org/. See all details about their role in the RFP and others on their website. 4. Project was USAID funded. 5. A good blog with several discussions on this: http://iebctechkenya.tumblr.com/ Before we blame anybody or feel sorry for any party, Please lets do a thorough review of the ongoings. I am sure we shall then address the IT problem in this case.
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.ca> wrote:
This story and another on safaricom being pressured not to support the transmission was in the public domain, as a sector, we should have discussed these ahead of time.
these articles were in the public domain. ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Dorcas Muthoni [dmuthoni@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:39 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Results Transmission System
Stories that we may have missed:
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmis...
Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013.
I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us.
-- Muthoni
My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:-
First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
-- Muthoni
My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:-
First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!! _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/blongwe%40gmail.com
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ict.researcher%40yahoo... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Perhaps there is need for a sector consultative group that will address issues related to procurement of this nature related to the public institutions; and that should by default include all operators and other stakeholders. -----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+dick.omondi=ke.airtel.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Edith Adera Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:21 AM To: Dick Omondi Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Results Transmission System This story and another on safaricom being pressured not to support the transmission was in the public domain, as a sector, we should have discussed these ahead of time. these articles were in the public domain. ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Dorcas Muthoni [dmuthoni@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:39 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Results Transmission System Stories that we may have missed: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-tran smission-system-fast Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013. I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us. -- Muthoni My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!! _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dick.omondi%40ke.a irtel.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. This email and any file(s) transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Unauthorised distribution, copying, use or disclosure of the contents to any other person is prohibited. Airtel Networks Kenya Limited does not accept any legal liability for the contents of this message. If you have received this email in error please notify the Systems Administrator, mailadmin@ke.airtel.com.
Some fundamental questions here. 1. As @brian notes why did we outsource development such a critical system to outsiders? 2. If the RFP went out on 21st December and closed on 3rd January 2013 when was it actually developed taking cognizance of the procurement process of evaluation and award? On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Dick Omondi <Dick.Omondi@ke.airtel.com>wrote:
Perhaps there is need for a sector consultative group that will address issues related to procurement of this nature related to the public institutions; and that should by default include all operators and other stakeholders.
-----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+dick.omondi=ke.airtel.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Edith Adera Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:21 AM To: Dick Omondi Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Results Transmission System
This story and another on safaricom being pressured not to support the transmission was in the public domain, as a sector, we should have discussed these ahead of time.
these articles were in the public domain. ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Dorcas Muthoni [dmuthoni@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:39 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Results Transmission System
Stories that we may have missed:
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-tran smission-system-fast
Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013.
I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us.
-- Muthoni
My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:-
First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dick.omondi%40ke.a irtel.com
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
This email and any file(s) transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Unauthorised distribution, copying, use or disclosure of the contents to any other person is prohibited. Airtel Networks Kenya Limited does not accept any legal liability for the contents of this message. If you have received this email in error please notify the Systems Administrator, mailadmin@ke.airtel.com.
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nboinett%40gmail.com
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-- *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to introduce a new order of things; for he who introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . . . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.” * (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition, 1984, p. 21.)
The original tender was won by Symphony group and after much politics tying the company to Wambui of Othaya fame and other machinations, it was cancelled. The budget then was 4 billion or something close to this. The other companies applying were all foreign israeli, indian etc. Then the journey to our 9 billion bob system started with the process being mothballed by parliament all the way. It was Hillary Clinton's closed door meeting s with the executive that landed us with a US procured but kenyan taxpayer funded electoral system. This is a procurement and politics issue not national pride and capacity or lack thereof. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Norman Boinett <nboinett@gmail.com> wrote:
Some fundamental questions here. 1. As @brian notes why did we outsource development such a critical system to outsiders? 2. If the RFP went out on 21st December and closed on 3rd January 2013 when was it actually developed taking cognizance of the procurement process of evaluation and award?
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Dick Omondi <Dick.Omondi@ke.airtel.com>wrote:
Perhaps there is need for a sector consultative group that will address issues related to procurement of this nature related to the public institutions; and that should by default include all operators and other stakeholders.
-----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+dick.omondi=ke.airtel.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Edith Adera Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:21 AM To: Dick Omondi Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Results Transmission System
This story and another on safaricom being pressured not to support the transmission was in the public domain, as a sector, we should have discussed these ahead of time.
these articles were in the public domain. ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Dorcas Muthoni [dmuthoni@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:39 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Results Transmission System
Stories that we may have missed:
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-tran smission-system-fast<http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmission-system-fast>
Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013.
I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us.
-- Muthoni
My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:-
First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dick.omondi%40ke.a irtel.com<https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dick.omondi%40ke.airtel.com>
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
This email and any file(s) transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Unauthorised distribution, copying, use or disclosure of the contents to any other person is prohibited. Airtel Networks Kenya Limited does not accept any legal liability for the contents of this message. If you have received this email in error please notify the Systems Administrator, mailadmin@ke.airtel.com.
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nboinett%40gmail.com
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-- *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to introduce a new order of things; for he who introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . . . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.” * (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition, 1984, p. 21.)
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwangy%40gmail.com
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-- Regards, Mark Mwangi markmwangi.me.ke
People are mixing up issues here. The Ksh. 4 and Ksh. 9 billion tenders were for the BVR kits, whose process went fine. The failure came from systems that did not make it to the headlines, whose tenders were seperate: - electronic Voter Identification Kits - Electronic vote result transmission.
My bad. it seems I do not have my facts straight. But weren't the BVR kits(laptops, fingerprint scanners) used as the voter identification kits? or that was a totally separate system? On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
People are mixing up issues here. The Ksh. 4 and Ksh. 9 billion tenders were for the BVR kits, whose process went fine.
The failure came from systems that did not make it to the headlines, whose tenders were seperate:
- electronic Voter Identification Kits - Electronic vote result transmission.
-- Regards, Mark Mwangi markmwangi.me.ke
The PollBook (BVRs were used to create it) is different from the Results Transmission System (used to transmit results to National Tallying Centre). The IEBC chairman has since confirmed that the system in use was built in-house. I guess the procurement process was terminated. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Norman Boinett <nboinett@gmail.com> wrote:
Some fundamental questions here. 1. As @brian notes why did we outsource development such a critical system to outsiders? 2. If the RFP went out on 21st December and closed on 3rd January 2013 when was it actually developed taking cognizance of the procurement process of evaluation and award?
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Dick Omondi <Dick.Omondi@ke.airtel.com>wrote:
Perhaps there is need for a sector consultative group that will address issues related to procurement of this nature related to the public institutions; and that should by default include all operators and other stakeholders.
-----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+dick.omondi=ke.airtel.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Edith Adera Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:21 AM To: Dick Omondi Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Results Transmission System
This story and another on safaricom being pressured not to support the transmission was in the public domain, as a sector, we should have discussed these ahead of time.
these articles were in the public domain. ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Dorcas Muthoni [dmuthoni@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:39 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Results Transmission System
Stories that we may have missed:
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-tran smission-system-fast<http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmission-system-fast>
Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013.
I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us.
-- Muthoni
My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:-
First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dick.omondi%40ke.a irtel.com<https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dick.omondi%40ke.airtel.com>
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
This email and any file(s) transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Unauthorised distribution, copying, use or disclosure of the contents to any other person is prohibited. Airtel Networks Kenya Limited does not accept any legal liability for the contents of this message. If you have received this email in error please notify the Systems Administrator, mailadmin@ke.airtel.com.
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nboinett%40gmail.com
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-- *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to introduce a new order of things; for he who introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . . . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.” * (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition, 1984, p. 21.)
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dmuthoni%40gmail.com
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-- Muthoni My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
participants (8)
-
Brian Munyao Longwe -
Dennis Kioko -
Dick Omondi -
Dorcas Muthoni -
Edith Adera -
ICT Researcher -
Mark Mwangi -
Norman Boinett