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Adopt phone-based platform to election

We need to adopt an automated tamper-proof system in elections.

In Kenya, 80 per cent of people have mobile phones and almost 90 per cent know how to use Mpesa. And since Kenyans trust Mpesa, we need to develop a similar platform to handle our votes.

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