September 26, 2022
Should Government Officials Delete Their Social Media Accounts?
By J. Walubengo The outgoing Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government in Kenya, Dr Fred Matiangi deleted and decommissioned his personal Twitter account, triggering Access, Access to information, Highlights, kictanet post
September 18, 2022
IEBC Technologies – What Next?
By John Walubengo After getting a clean bill of health from the Supreme court regarding their technology infrastructure, IEBC must be enjoying their rare badge of approval. A week later, 2022elections, Highlights, kictanet post
September 15, 2022
Safeguarding Personal Data During Kenya’s 2022 General Election
By Meshack Masibo One unique thing about the 2022 elections was that it was the first election conducted after the adoption of the Data Protection Act, 2019. The Act, together 2022elections, Highlights, Privacy
September 9, 2022
2022 Kenya Presidential Petition – The Tech Issues and Their Rulings
By John Walubengo The Supreme Court made its final determination on the 2022 Presidential Petition and found that the President-elect, Dr William Ruto was duly elected and declared. This left 2022elections, Highlights, kictanet post
September 6, 2022
KICTANet participates in the 13th Seminar on Privacy and Data Protection
On the 17-18 August 2022, KICTANet participated in the 13th Seminar on Privacy and Data Protection organised by Data Privacy Brazil in São Paulo, Brazil. The participants in the in-person Highlights, Human Rights, Privacy
September 1, 2022
IEBC Commission: Should We Reserve a Slot for an ICT Professional?
By John Walubengo The ongoing 2022 Presidential petition has convinced me that, going forward, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commission would greatly benefit if one of its commissioners 2022elections, Election laws, Highlights, kictanet post
August 30, 2022
KICTANet Tech Election Observer report
This report presents a summary of the key findings of KICTANet’s election observation mission during Kenya’s general election held on August 9, 2022. During the election, the Independent Electoral and 2022elections, Highlights, kictanet post
August 24, 2022
Kenya Elections 2022: Were The IEBC Servers Hacked?
By John Walubengo Were the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) servers hacked? This seems to be the million-dollar question before the Supreme Court. So, one has to be careful 2022elections, Highlights, kictanet post
August 19, 2022
Will IEBC publish the Election Computer Logs?
By John Walubengo. Now that the Chairman of IEBC has ‘sung’ and Kenyans have a new President-elect, what next from an electoral tech perspective? The law anticipates that some of 2022elections, Highlights, kictanet post
August 8, 2022
What could go wrong in Tallying and Results Transmission Process
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 2022elections, Highlights, kictanet post
August 3, 2022
ICTs Access and Equality for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Kenya
An estimated 2.2% of Kenyans, which translates to 0.9 million people, live with some form of disability. Article 54 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 guarantees all persons with disabilities Access, Access to information, Highlights
August 2, 2022
Will IEBC Stream Presidential Results at Bomas?
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 2022elections, Election laws, Highlights, kictanet post