innairobi wrote:even teens and pre-teens have sim cards these days so its not surprising.
@kusadikika, our politicians are will use technology as an excuse so hakuna mtu atakubali kushindwa through mobile voting.
I think you have point but look at it in with the perspective of time and see that it is not impossible. Mpesa will be 9 years old in 2016 and see how it feels so kawaida like it we have always had it. 10 years ago if someone had told you that in 10 years people will be banking on their phones someone would have been able to raise many objections. So if the systems are secure enough to protect money and people have got to a point where they trust them to transact everyday, voting is not too far off.
I would also not have that as an agenda at the beginning but as a fine print among things that can be achieved after the major things have been done biggest of them establishing the necessary legislation. The best place to start would be digitizing the registry of persons and then establishing laws about sharing of that information with other public bodies like IEBC, KRA, Transport Licencing, NHIF, NSSF, Lands registry etc. Other interested parties like phone companies, financial institutions, health facilities and insurance companies can also get access. Once this information is available, accessible and sharable the number of things that can be done with it is upto anybodies imagination. Voting will just be one of the many things that will be possible. Badala ya watu kutupigia kelele with political rallies they should engage their followers on twitter, whatsup and facebook and then ask for their vote on their parties apps. 5 years inawezekana.