[UgaBYTES] Kenyan president lost election, according to U.S. exit poll

[Mark Okowa]

Dear All,
Please visit the link bellow for details.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080114/wl_mcclatchy/2815176

Here please sign a petition to splash cold water on the faces of these
sleeping tyrants.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/kibaki-must-step-down/sign.html

Hope all these evidences shed some light to Africa's next dictator.
Please help Kenyans redeem themselves from a clear brewing civil war.

Mark


On 1/7/08, Kamau Kiringai <kiringai at octagon.co.ke> wrote:
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> Thanks Joseph,
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> We have been witnessing some lull in the nature of the conflict. We indeed
> need digital voting through biometrics if we can ensure that the so called
> tallying can be made transparent.
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> As technology people, we know we have the solution and indeed, I have in the
> past tried to interest the government to use our remote data capture devices
> (www.octagon.co.ke) that are rechargeable-battery driven. This did not take
> root but as it were, we have not given up.
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> When all is said and done, we shall only be slow in growth but grow we
> shall. We believe with the right solution offered at the local level by
> locals, you create opportunities for those that may be opposed to outsiders
> and that promotes peace.
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> Thanks once more for your kind thoughts much as it seems complex for anybody
> to think a way out. The truth of the matter, as I had said earlier, is that
> the elections were just a trigger to a serious social problem that has
> remained un-addressed for some time.
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> Kiringai
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> Dear Mr. Kamau Kiringai,
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> Greetings from FADECO Telecentre (and from FADECO Community Radio). Of
> course we wished you already a happy and prosperous New year 2008- although
> I know for sure, the year 2007 ended in a very uncertain way while 2008 has
> started also in a very blick way. Rest assured that we at FADECO have you
> close at heart and have been following all the events- FADECO Radio has
> tried to inform the community in Kagera about the events in Kenya over that
> past few weeks.
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> It is sad situation in Kenya- a sitaution which is escalating into what we
> can term "genocidal". The ethnic clashes are heading towards serious civic
> strifes and I am afraid, kenya will never be the same again. Of course we
> need to move forward with optmism.. we need not remain skeptics.
> Optimistically we need to querry ourselves: how do we move forward?
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> In light of the events surrounding the elections, I think ICTs played a
> vital role communicating results and promoting transparency. And now we can
> conclusively see that there were irregularities. The situation in Kenya has
> lessons to convey to the rest in Africa: ICTS can help to inform the world
> about what is happening on the ground. Telecentres therefore are important-
> but more so, the issue of connectivity. if people are connected, then they
> are well informed. Then it becomes easy for people to know. Remember the
> ballot boxes in kenya surprisingly were BLACK- but ICTS were able to tell
> the whole world waht was the results of the polls although they were cast
> into black boxes.
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> Mr. Kiringai, at this particular moment, I am talking about the role played
> by ICTs in informing the Kenya community and the world. And every day I see
> the sad images conveyed to us via TV and SMS. To us outside Kenya, I cannot
> really understand the reason for the stealing of the show- I think that in
> all cases, national interest should suprcede personal/ ethinic interests.
> This is where things are going berseck.
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> Sorry but a solution has to be found. Unfortunately, I have read and heard
> that the Govt is putting sanctions on the Freedom of the press. This is
> wrong. Under this situation, the role of the telecentres is also
> compromised. Without freedom of the press, it becomes difficult to do more.
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> Joseph sekiku
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