by Mwendwa Kivuva | Aug 8, 2022 | 2022elections, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo. Ever since multiparty elections were sanctioned in 1992, Kenyans have always voted peacefully and gone home quietly. The election-related problems or violence that occasionally erupts arises from what happens AFTER polls close and not during or...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Aug 2, 2022 | 2022elections, Election laws, Highlights, kictanet post
By Walubengo John. Last week we discussed the issue of manual vs digital registers with regard to voter identification. Whereas this issue has been widely covered in the media, there is very little coverage and discussion around the results transmission system (RTS)...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jul 28, 2022 | 2022elections, Election laws, Highlights, kictanet post
By Walubengo John. We had this debate five years ago in 2017 and the protagonists took different sides. Thanks to the short memories of Kenyans, politicians can without blinking an eye take different positions depending on the day’s weather – without expecting...
by David Indeje | Jul 25, 2022 | 2022elections, Access to information, Highlights, kictanet post
On Monday, (July 25, 2022), representatives from the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Observer Group met with members of the European Union Election Observer Mission (the EU EOM). During the meeting, the teams discussed their roles in the upcoming general election...
by Liz Orembo | Jul 20, 2022 | 2022elections, Access to information, Cyber Security, Election laws, Highlights, kictanet post
Written by Liz Orembo and Grace Githaiga There is a lot of strange information going around the country, and this has been happening for a while. During the Kenya Internet Governance Forum (IGF) week, the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) in partnership with the...
by Liz Orembo | Jul 18, 2022 | 2022elections, Access to information, Cyber Security, Election laws, Highlights, kictanet post
On 12th June, the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) paid a courtesy call to Kenya’s elections management body, the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The aim of this meeting was to discuss the role of technology in the upcoming elections...