Salaams: digital referendum

Salaams people...

I know i know, lost, nimepotea .
(can u tell since turning 23 aIve grown a tad impatient??)

So Nov the 21st eh...d day is here. Hope u've all got your registration cards...

I thought it was kind of a bummer that we in the diaspora were not able to contribute to such a momentous time in our country's destiny - so in that i frustration i & chriso thought of recreating our own ka mini digital refurendum of our own.

Only we didnt want to recreate the trivializing and piliticizing that is this whole orange/ banana craziness, we thought it more prudent to actually READ the constitution, identify which issues we thought contentious (and yes we could be wrong), and then vote and discuss these issues.

So we:

1. Got our hands on the wako draft constitution.

2. chopped it up into chapters and sections.

3. through the results into a BLOG.

4. Modified the commenting form to mimic a virtual ballot: so for each section, you can vote Yes/No and optionally give reasons or views on your position.

5. We tally these Yes/No's (on the fly) of only what we thought were the nationally contentious issues:

Appointment and functions of prime minister

State Functions of the President

Dual citizenship

Unit of devolution

I purposely didn't hotlink them so that you can browse through the referendum blog and find em.

6. We display the results in a mock up 'referendum watch' on Nchi Yetu Daily.

Now given the speed with which this fun lil project was put up - rest assured it is far from full proof : you currently can vote more than once for an issue - although we are somewhat naively optimistic that Kenyan bloggers are far to busy to get involved in such petty malice and will be responsible digital citizens.

Anyway I urge you all to piga those virtual milolongos and encourage others with internet access to participate as well by emailing the link to NYD and Referendum blog. Voting is anonymous, although email is required ONLY to avoid spamming. If there is anything worth forwarding, it is this chance to virtual referendum vote.

Happy voting wananchi!