It
is conflicting to say ‘your vote your voice’ and at the same time believe ‘your
vote your secret.’ It is a sword that politicians and citizens use to cut our
individual democratic right. Why should your candidate be of secret?
Countries
have advanced and better voting procedures have been put in place. But are we
yet there? As easily as a leader can be elected in office is as easy as the
regime can be voted out. Sagas, referendums, policies and a number of issues
lead to that. In all ways the countries are using so much to prepare for
elections and voting. We could use that money to save our environment.
Biometric
voting system that Kenya used in 2013 general elections failed to be reliable
when some voters were not in final registry. Analogue means boosted it and it
was the opposition’s defendant cry that the government had failed to make the
process efficient. They lost in court. Simple technology is better than
complicated one.
After
the white man left governance to the first leadership, there was only a simple
method of voting- mlolongo system.
Voters gathered at a school or church and queued to be counted. Cynicim, fear
to be isolated and ‘tagged’ made people to fear the model. It was however such
an honest way that liars were seen lying.
Having
independent electoral bodies was thought to be a way out. That is wrong. They
are day to day influenced by the actions of the ruling party and criticized by
the opposition. Electorates see the institution as a determiner of a winning candidate
which is of course their constitutional mandate. Their coming to offices was
flawed, tribal, hidden and scrambled. We do not need every other institution
for every other societal aspect.
That
is why I am proposing a better voting system that is citizen based. Here a
voter is given time to pick on leaders with least hula balloo. We do not need
politicians to caravan around our towns and estates. Let them be hosted on TV
shows. Let the local ones do a house to house thing or speak to local groups about
development oriented goals. Rowdy youths and cartels would be done away with in
a night.
If
each qualified citizen was supplied a small phone, registered by his/her
passport or ID number, a simple application developed by one of our able techs,
a whole long week of voting introduced, a clear national online tallying
database to benchmark the voters with existing records, a forum to see by serial
number who voted for who, it would only take us a simple budget of salarying
the electoral body in only a year! If we call ourselves civilized no one would
be questioned negatively of his individual decision. If not this, a similar
simple system is worth.
All
considered who needs a leader anyway?
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