Elections 2010 Linda Uchaguzi!: Be part of a national election monitoring exercise for #UchaguziTZ

[Not_Yet_Uhuru]

Be part of a national election monitoring exercise for #UchaguziTZ

Ushahidi comes to Tanzania! It comes in the form of uchaguzi.or.tz, implemented by TACCEO, a group of 16 Tanzanian civil society organizations that have partnered for election monitoring, with assistance from Hivos.

Uchaguzi.or.tz allows anyone with a mobile phone to report on the election as it happens, wherever they are. This means that candidates and polling stations can no longer breaks the rules knowing that they are out of the view of formal election observers and the traditional media. Any citizen who sees something happening that shouldn't be happening can send an anonymous report that will be posted as text and highlighted on a map on the uchaguzi.or.tz site.

So what can you do as a citizen? How can you become part of a national election monitoring exercise?

It's very simple. If you see any of the following things happening:

• missing ballot papers
• problems with the voter register
• polling stations opening after 7am or closing before 4pm
• voter intimidation
• vote buying
• official party representatives being denied entry to polling stations to observe voting or counting
• violence
• heavy presence of policy or security forces
• use of force by police or security forces
• hate speech
• anything else good or bad that you see happening as part of the election

then you can send a text message to 15540 (local rates) explaining what you saw and where you saw it. Your report will be kept anonymous, but it will be posted on the map at uchaguzi.or.tz.

Alternatively, you can send your report in an email to elections.tz@gmail.com, complete this form on the uchaguzi.or.tz website, or if you're on twitter, send a tweet with the hashtag #uchaguzi or #humanrightstz.

In all cases, your report is anonymous. Where possible, messages will be verified with known contacts in the area.

The only way a tool like this works is if people know about it and if it develops momentum. So go out and tell people about it, and go out and use it.

For those who are unfamiliar with Ushahidi, it is a tool that was developed very quickly by a group of bloggers in the aftermath of the troubled Kenyan general election of 2008. It has since been used in a wide variety of situations around the world, notably including Afghanistan and Haiti.

 

[Not_Yet_Uhuru]

Be part of a national election monitoring exercise for #UchaguziTZ

Ushahidi comes to Tanzania! It comes in the form of uchaguzi.or.tz, implemented by TACCEO, a group of 16 Tanzanian civil society organizations that have partnered for election monitoring, with assistance from Hivos.

Uchaguzi.or.tz allows anyone with a mobile phone to report on the election as it happens, wherever they are. This means that candidates and polling stations can no longer breaks the rules knowing that they are out of the view of formal election observers and the traditional media. Any citizen who sees something happening that shouldn't be happening can send an anonymous report that will be posted as text and highlighted on a map on the uchaguzi.or.tz site.

So what can you do as a citizen? How can you become part of a national election monitoring exercise?

It's very simple. If you see any of the following things happening:

• missing ballot papers
• problems with the voter register
• polling stations opening after 7am or closing before 4pm
• voter intimidation
• vote buying
• official party representatives being denied entry to polling stations to observe voting or counting
• violence
• heavy presence of policy or security forces
• use of force by police or security forces
• hate speech
• anything else good or bad that you see happening as part of the election

then you can send a text message to 15540 (local rates) explaining what you saw and where you saw it. Your report will be kept anonymous, but it will be posted on the map at uchaguzi.or.tz.

Alternatively, you can send your report in an email to elections.tz@gmail.com, complete this form on the uchaguzi.or.tz website, or if you're on twitter, send a tweet with the hashtag #uchaguzi or #humanrightstz.

In all cases, your report is anonymous. Where possible, messages will be verified with known contacts in the area.

The only way a tool like this works is if people know about it and if it develops momentum. So go out and tell people about it, and go out and use it.

For those who are unfamiliar with Ushahidi, it is a tool that was developed very quickly by a group of bloggers in the aftermath of the troubled Kenyan general election of 2008. It has since been used in a wide variety of situations around the world, notably including Afghanistan and Haiti.

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Muhimu sana hiii watanzania wengi kueleweshwa hili suala ili uchaguzi wetu usiingiliwe na waharibifu hawa, mafisadi na wanaokusudia kuimaliza nchi yetu kwa kuvuruga kura, kuiba kura, kutishia watu na kuchochea lolote siku ya kabla ya uchaguzi, wakati wa uchaguzi na baada ya kupiga kura, ktk uhesabugi wa kura. Lolote linalojitokeza au kufanywa na yeyote kinyume na demokrasia, au kuvuruga ushindi halali, peleka taarifa haraka iwezekanavyo! Kuna namba imeshatolewa katika thread iliyotangulia ambayo ni hii hapa: 15540, peleka message yako haraka, au toa taarifa kwa kutumia mtandao huu ulioonyeshwa katika thread iliyokuwa quoted juu...

Play your part, THE TIME HAS COME! IT IS NOW!...YES WE CAN!