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E-voting is good but can also be a blessing to despots

Esmond Shahonya

The Kenyan Interim Independent Electoral Commission has set a good pace. It has shown how speedy and accurate the results from polling stations can be relayed to the main centre using phones and laptops during election and the referendum.

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