Election Technology, Disputes, and Political Violence in Kenya

Odote, Collins; Kanyinga, Karuti

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“…Kenya has experienced a widening gap between the rich and the poor with a rise in criminal activities including robberies, rapes and murders but the church has not made any stand on such negative factors on society. The ethnic conflicts of the early 1990s caused the deaths of many people and this spread to politics as the country experienced post-election violence after the elections of 2007 and 2017 which led to many deaths (Odote & Kanyinga, 2020). Financially, the country has borrowed heavily despite its inability to service its debts and some important national assets have been taken over by foreign lenders (Okiro, 2018).…”

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The Triple Bottom Line and Church Sustainability in Kenya

2022

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The religion of Christianity was firmly established in Kenya by European missionaries in AD 1844 and since then, it has grown to be the religion for 85.5% of the population. After Kenya gained political independence in AD 1964, numerous Christian denominations have established church congregations in all parts of the country and the competition for congregation members is high. The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) and other mainline churches are experiencing declining congregations due to the entry of the Pentecostal churches but the earlier Pentecostal churches are also experiencing the same phenomenon due to the new denominations which are being established in all parts of the country. This paper examines how the church can retain its relevance and sustainability in the country by operationalizing the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) model to gain and retain its congregations. The model approaches sustainability by considering an organization’s social, economic, and environmental strategies. These are what made the early missionaries to penetrate the African market as they established schools, technical and agriculture training institutions and health centers. At their schools and churches, they taught about the need to live in a clean environment and set an example with their church compounds. This paper discusses how the TBL is operationalized in the ACK to resolve the declining phenomenon.

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The Triple Bottom Line and Church Sustainability in Kenya

2022

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“…Disputes over the calculation of votes in the general election have previously piqued the interest of academics. Election disputes, according to some experts, occur as a result of the use of technology in elections (Odote & Kanyinga, 2021), negative electoral integrity and election violations (Rajib & Karismawan, 2018;Bell & Chernykh, 2019), historical injustice (Fisher & Sällberg, 2020;Birch, Daxecker, & Höglund, 2020), electoral fraud and electoral corruption, or electoral manipulation (Siahaan & Tampubolon, 2021). Furthermore, general election disputes must be resolved through the Constitutional Court, and this dispute falls under its jurisdiction (as outlined in Article 24 C paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia's 1945 Constitution).…”

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Continuing Disputes and Validity of Voting for the Regent and Deputy Regent of Yalimo Regency in Papua Indonesia

Adiwijaya

Foeck²,

Tampubolon

2022

BIoHS

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This study examines the disputed decisions made by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia on the election of the Regent and Deputy Regent of Yalimo Regency, Papua Province, in 2020 that do not adhere to the principle of permanent and final legal force. The Constitutional Court's decision on the dispute over the election of the elected Regent and Deputy Regent resulted in a lengthy case due to the possibility of re-election, which still resulted in general election disputes. The author discusses the consequences of re-election, which has the potential for ongoing disputes at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia, as well as non-compliance with the principle of final punishment, which has permanent legal force from the standpoint of fairness and justice. Findings from the study of the proposed candidate having been sentenced by the court, as well as the validity of the vote count results in the District that has been declared valid and not re-voted in the Constitutional Court Decision Number 97/PHP.BUP-XIX/2021 (Study of Constitutional Court Decision Number 145/PHP BUP-XIX/2021) are also presented. According to this study, in the dispute over the election of Yalimo's regent and deputy regent, the judge decided on the same case, which had permanent legal force and violated the principle of legal certainty.

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“…Odote and Kanyinga (2021) have recently studied election technology itself as a site for political controversy. Echoing a current opinion in the field (Debrah et al, 2019), they maintain that ‘the manner in which technology is procured … is not only technical but also political’ (Odote & Kanyinga, 2021, p. 1):When election technology is well-managed and -implemented, it can reinforce trust in elections and boost voters’ confidence in the electoral process. … However, technology is subject to human behaviour and may be manipulated by politicians and election officials to promote the self-interest of powerful individuals and their political parties (Odote & Kanyinga, 2021, p. 4).…”

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“…When election technology is well-managed and -implemented, it can reinforce trust in elections and boost voters’ confidence in the electoral process. … However, technology is subject to human behaviour and may be manipulated by politicians and election officials to promote the self-interest of powerful individuals and their political parties (Odote & Kanyinga, 2021, p. 4).…”

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The (un)making of electoral transparency through technology: The 2017 Kenyan presidential election controversy

Passanti

Pommerolle

2022

Soc Stud Sci

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Marked by the killing of a senior ICT professional working for the Electoral Commission and the invalidation of the presidential election by the Supreme Court, the 2017 Kenyan elections make for a good case through which to study how digital technologies shape contemporary electoral practice. This article examines the practice of electoral transparency through technology and argues that it can be conceived as a socio-technical device based both on distancing people from knowledge of the electoral infrastructure and on staging a simplified discourse on public access to the electoral infrastructure. Drawing on interviews with key actors in election technology implementation and ethnographic observations of public events around it, the article argues that digital technology has had three sets of implications for elections. First, it has shaped the electoral infrastructure and the nature of the final result (now a paper and digital hybrid). Second, it has shaped the distribution of knowledge among electoral professionals, giving a central role to ICT actors, objects, and knowledge in the definition of electoral transparency. Third, the centrality of ICTs in elections and the order of knowledge they bring are highly controversial and criticized by other electoral actors who demand for material proof for understanding the inner workings of elections.

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Election Technology, Disputes, and Political Violence in Kenya

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

The Triple Bottom Line and Church Sustainability in Kenya

The Triple Bottom Line and Church Sustainability in Kenya

Continuing Disputes and Validity of Voting for the Regent and Deputy Regent of Yalimo Regency in Papua Indonesia

The (un)making of electoral transparency through technology: The 2017 Kenyan presidential election controversy

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