Digital Dilemma: The quest for use of technology in Kenyan Elections

In 2007, the Electoral Commission of Kenya was accused of aiding vote rigging, stuffing ballots, and illegal alteration of results. The disputed outcome giving Mwai Kibaki victory over Raila Odinga plunged Kenya into its worst post-election violence yet. The Kriegler report revealed mass incidents of ballot stuffing, and that about 1.2 million people had been on the 2007 voters' register. For the first time in Kenya's history, the concept of an electronic electoral process was born in 2013; technology played a pivotal role in the election. Technology was employed to avert the troubles of past elections. But, it came with its own troubles, growing to be at the centre of polls’ push-and-pull. About 40 per cent of BVR kits didn't work in 2013, voters had to be identified using the manual system. In 2017, the Supreme Court nullified the presidential election over irregularities. IEBC now faces another uphill task to absolve itself from the misfortunes of the 2013 and 2017 elections. So, for this election, will technology boost confidence or distrust?
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