» Milestone election
» 6 positions in a day
» Devolution – 2 tiers of government
» Bi-cameral Parliament +47 county assemblies
» Citizen ownership
» New voting system (6 candidates, counties & constituencies)
» Electronic voting
» Hurried civic education exercise - IEBC
» Undeveloped party system – fraudulent membership
» Short registration period
» Disorganised Party nominations
» Sites to profile candidates (who & where?)» Get out the vote – Registration & Actual voting
stations» Self reporting – registration, voting & protecting the
vote (via facebook , twitter & ushahidi/uchaguzi)» Interaction with presidential candidates especially on
Twitter – verified handles & Q&A sessions with Martha, PK
» IEBC – awareness on nominations, registration & getting out the vote, citizens feedback
» Fact check - research, election monitoring and uchaguzi etc
» Fact check – people and places based on official info (IEBC)
» Election related legislation –parties & financing
» Civic education – JDs of elective offices, voting day expectations
» Keeping an eye on the process – reporting fraudulent reg. & party nominations
» Official list of elected officials – IEBC & Gazetted info
» Good online politicians finish last! Arm-chair followers need to support them offline.
» The election was won or lost during party nominations – online community needs to join political parties to push for democracy offline
» Tech allows citizens to occupy politics pro-actively and cannot be ignored. Apathy costs!
» Opportunities for influence abound. What can you do?
» Electoral commission should use tech to mobilise citizens support and involvement in the exercise