FRM2011 wrote:sitaki.kujulikana wrote:FRM2011 wrote:masukuma wrote:the problem with elections is that people love showing up at the last minute with "good" proposals then the election happens and sometime in 2022 they show up again asking... WHY CAN'T WE [INSERT SOME RANDOM PROPOSAL HERE]?
a couple of things
1) the register - it's available in desegregated form to all political parties and candidates. technically you can walk into the IEBC and request (there may be costs but you should get a copy of the register- id number masked with no photos). the register relying on ID numbers alone? what has she been smoking... there was that dude you guys were telling me had 17 IDs. I do register audits for a living - biographical data de-duplication works well (you need to be clever to catch typos - there are a gazillion typos when you let 15k students capture details of 15m people) but not as good as biometrics. sometimes you need both coz biometrics really give you a "score" and depending on the thresholds of automatic declaration of "multiple registration" it may fail to catch all of them.
2) Biometrics do their work fairly well and their work is to IDENTIFY. thats it!
3) we have polling day procedures in place. of course if we could have "electric ballot dispensers" it would be great... we don't have them. we don't have ballot counters. Should we buy 34k of them? or maybe 34k*6? who will load them?
4) in as far as transmission of results are concerned
ruzhdie could always happen if the total voters verified (regardless of which way they were 'verified') don't set the maximum number of votes.
Is it true that the polling clerk can give you a ballot paper even when the EVID does not recognise you ? What about that allegation of a voter being given 6 ballots ? Sounds outrageous, but can it happen ? Just how much is dependent on human intervention ?
don't mean to sound rude, lakini @masukuma has clearly said biometrics is
ONLY for verifying, and he has also said we do not have "electric ballot dispensers".
hata kama ni culture ya 'kusomewa'
it is clear from his response, he has also stated there are
polling day procedures, of course a polling clerk can give you the papers, hata zote za polling station anaweza kupea, maybe I am proud lkini mambo ingine ni kusoma na kuelewa, unless kuna point you are trying to force through
Had you taken time to read full thread, you'd have noticed i was asking @masukuma advice in reference to the article whose link i had provided.
Now, why @masukuma ? Because he is an elections professional who shares his "very informed" opinions freely.
The day i need to know a thing or two about tender-preneurship, trust me i will humbly seek your advice. For now, please take a seat and listen to the expert on election matters.
Have a great weekend.
Let's get a few things straight here...
Masukuma has written a story on a newspaper. Masukuma is just giving an opinion..
A few things here
1. Masukuma has sold himself as very good in statistics...Most of us believe that he knows more math than we do
However, Masukuma has been very candid about hating the new constitution...
In fact, if you look at his views against Ruto, they are equal and precise.
When you dig further, he's the same fellow who keeps on telling us that love in Rift Valley shall only occur when Kikuyus in that region bow down to the leader.
Know where an argument is coming from.
Masukuma is right in my view about backups...But at the same time, this is Kenya...So there must be a neutral point of agreement.
IEBC must and their only work must be ONE. And one only.
Employ Itumbi and let him run their cyberops....
Coz I don't care how free and fair they think they are...
If Raila wins, Uhuruto shall complain
If Uhuru wins, NASA shall complain
Masukuma knows very well it's not about the math and the logic...But the perception of the logic.
That's why KBC cannot show Nasa rallies but can show a card being launched.
Perception..
If I think you are stealing, no amount of math and software or bibles shall change my mind.
In my view, that's the problem with voting in Kenya...
Our institutions don't instill anything other than fear. That's why when you are arrested by a cop, you want to run or call mkubwa. Not discuss with the cop why you think he's wrong as normal human beings do worldwide.
It's about perception...
And my perception is, we are going to go through one of the most difficult times in our history since it's so damn close that we need honest people who say what they want to say and not people like Masukuma who are paid to come up with strange ideas from a point of view that is warped and wrong.
Na Masukuma, next time you write in a paper, please have a disclaimer if you got a tender.
mmhhhh.
Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?