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"content": "box. Those were desperate measures because we were trying to fight stealing. The interference was most of the time, done by the Provincial Administration. We fought this, but we failed miserably. So, we said; let us change the law. Let us count the votes; let us declare the results; let us sign the certificate. After signing, let the counting agents also sign. Please, give each agent a copy of the results that have been signed. We said, then, please, make sure that you paste the results on the door of the classroom of wherever you were counting, so that the public would know that those were the results at that polling station. These were serious measures to make sure that nobody would tamper with the results. What happened at the end of the exercise? What did we see? I was so sure nobody would steal the elections. It was so clear that every result would be announced at the polling station. Every agent would sign and a copy of the result would be pasted on the door. There was actually no other loophole. What happened? It was announced on radio that now, the radio stations were not supposed to announce the results any more. We were told the person to announce the result would be somebody at KICC. The law is clear that the person to announce the results at the polling station would be the returning officer before it then goes to the tallying centre at the constituency. However, all those things were ignored. I do not think the elections failed because of the law. I think they failed because somebody wanted them to fail. It is a pity that every time, we have to think outside the box on how to fix the law, so as to fix these people. We all know what happened. Electronic Voting System will to some extent fix this. I hope that the people who will man it will this time be true to the job. Let me just remind you that I have been a little bit involved in this as the Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons, especially with regard to registration of identity cards. I have done some learning on this and I know that it can be done. I have been to many places, including East Germany. When a Kenyan sees you, he asks you: âWhen will there be electronic voting?â"
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