 The topic is still on election management. We have another system here. The system is called Mycura and it has been developed by a company that will be introduced in just a while by our guest over here, Marion Karibu and Nicholas. So introduce yourself. My name is Marion Lugada. And I am the developer for Mycura. The company is Tech Hub. The company is Tech Hub. Nicholas? Okay. Good morning. Good morning. I'm Nicholas Mugambi, co-founder of Mycura. Very humbled to be here and very thankful for the opportunity to host Mycura. Thank you for being here. So what does the company do before we get into Mycura? Maybe you can tell us. Okay. Basically what we do is develop solutions, solutions that make our lives more better and easier. For example, the Mycura products, which we are showcasing today. Okay. Marion, tell us about the software now, Mycura. So Mycura is a U.S.S.D. voting technology system that we use U.S.S.D. technology just like you can dial Starfire 4.4 hash for Safari come to buy bundles. Now you can dial a code that we will dedicate to the users. And then you will be able to vote for the person that you want. So the system can be used on any phone that should be smartphones, feature phones, the Kabambe. So the system is convenient to be used by anyone around. Okay. So this is a system that uses U.S.S.D. Yes. And it can be used on any phone. Yes. Can we have a demonstration of how it works? Yeah, we can have that. As you can see now I have the normal feature phone, the Kabambe phone and the smartphone. Okay. So for demonstration, I'm going to showcase using this Kabambe. Then we will have you using, showcasing using the U.S.Smartphone. All right. Since we already have the code live up and running for today. Okay. Yeah. So now what's the code your process? So I'm running star 483. Uh-huh. Should I do the same? Yeah, you can do the same. Uh-huh. Star 483. Okay. Star. And we do that star 483. Yeah. Star. 12. 12. Star hash. Star 12. Star 1212 hash. 1212 hash. Yes. And then I press it. You call. Yeah. Uh-huh. So what's coming up? It says, should it show in your phone? Yeah. Is it showing? Yeah. Uh, show it to the camera over there. They'll zoom in to see. It says on my phone, it says which president are you voting for on August 8th, 2022? And we have option one and option two as Ruto and Reilla. Do you know we have 47 candidates? Yeah. They're almost to know. So how will, will you add that to the system? Yeah. During the election? Yeah, we can do that. Okay. With further research and into the U.S.S.D. technology. Okay. So this is the first step. Now I have seen the two candidates. Yeah. So your next step is to select your preferred candidate. Uh-huh. Yeah. You can just select. Uh, wow. This, let me do a random selection. Uh-huh. So after selecting, it says, are you sure you want to vote? Uh-huh. Yeah. That rules out of the case of spoiled votes. Mm-hmm. Wherever you confirm the vote, ensuring that every vote is casted. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Okay. So maybe you can show us live with my phone from your side. Okay. Uh-huh. So we can see. And the person that you are going to select, it's very anonymous. Yeah. Just to make that clear. Uh-huh. Star four? Four, eight, three. Uh-huh. Star 1212 hash. Okay. Yeah. So is it showing? Uh-huh. What has, has it brought up? Yeah. Are you sure? Mm-hmm. Tell us what is that? I have voted for person A. Uh-huh. And I have confirmed it. Uh-huh. And the vote has been updated here. So the vote has been updated? Real time. Real time. Yeah. So can we see what is there, the updated votes? Just have the laptop there. Okay. And we're going to focus, I know. Uh-huh. I can see. So this is the website that we created. Mm-hmm. Where by, where, um, when a person votes, the vote increases as per the person who has been voted for. Let's say we vote for person A. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. The vote for person A will, will increase automatically. Automatically. Yes. So anyone can see it. So now I've voted, but I've not registered to vote? No. Right now we are, we are not registering people. Uh-huh. Yeah. This is just for demonstration purposes. Yes. So now, uh, do we see from the laptop? Yeah. Actually, I can see that parents are voting because the votes are, they are increasing. They are increasing. So can I vote for this? Yeah. They are increasing. They are increasing. So can I vote for the same, for another person? Still? You cannot vote again. Aha. So it's only once. Yeah. I can only vote once for my phone. Yeah. Which is the, which is the purpose of election. Mm-hmm. So that we don't have double voting. Okay. Yeah. So more about it? So, of the system. Mm-hmm. We are, since it's the, we are still in development and production. Mm-hmm. We are looking forward for incubation. Mm-hmm. By commission, by commission, such as IBC, so that, such that we can have a situation whereby we don't have queuing. We don't have to stop our businesses just to vote. We can make it just a, a normal activity as you can see. Mm-hmm. I'm voting from here. You're voting from there. Yeah. Yeah. That's our target. That's, that's just it. There's no queuing and vote from the comfort of my home. Yeah. Very quickly. Yeah. All right. So comparing this to the current system that is there with the IBC, starting from voter registration. So how will you incorporate this, Marion? Okay. Let's say, for example, we are doing this for the national elections. Mm-hmm. For the, for IBC. Mm-hmm. You see, we already have the, the system for where the people have already registered as voters. Mm-hmm. So let's say, for example, if I… So you're using the system that… We can use that or if they, they are, they're comfortable. Mm-hmm. We can still register people first before we start using the system. Okay. And that would be much easier because we are using a special identifier. That is the national ID. Everyone has only one ID number. Mm-hmm. In that case, people cannot vote twice because you only have one ID number and, for number registered to it that you can vote with. So prior to this, you know, prior to my voting, will they, will the system, you know, confirm my ID number first before me casting my vote? Yeah. First of all, the, the, the, we have a database whereby the, the registered voters will be stored in the database. Okay. Now when you dial the code, the, the, the back, okay, I don't know how to put this because it's something that is developed. Mm-hmm. The code checks, checks if your ID number is registered, like the number that you are, you are voting with if it is registered. Mm-hmm. If it is not, then the system will not allow you to vote. Okay. Yeah. So that will be, yes. More or less a spoiled vote. Yeah. It won't work. Now, again, comparing it to the current system, after voting, we usually have that custom on our, on our fingers. Mm-hmm. So to show that we have already voted, we can't vote again. Mm-hmm. So on yours, you've said it's automatically won't allow you to vote again. It automatically won't allow you to vote. You will dial the code again and again, but you won't vote because you're already in the database. All right. On that, Nikola, tell us about the transmission. Now everyone has casted their votes, and now the transmission bits of it. Oh, the transmission. Mm-hmm. Since we are targeting the locally available network, which, for example, now the 2G is widely spread throughout the country. Mm-hmm. So we are looking at a situation whereby we don't have, we don't have claims that there was no network at some point in the country. So the results are not being able to be sent. It's like how it was in the 2017 elections. Yeah. That's why we are utilizing the USB since it just needs the 2G network, meaning that people can vote. Okay. Yeah. So does this stop at voting, or do you do the counting and the transmission to the stations, like to the bombers of Kenya, how we do it? Does your process stop at voting? Mm-hmm. We are looking at a situation where we think we have a central database, where when everyone votes, the votes go to a central database. Mm-hmm. Like, as we said, the votes will be counted and they will be displayed automatically on the website when the people vote. Oh. Like, the votes will be counting. Okay. So that means that it's also counting. Like, it doesn't stop at voting. Okay. We will have the full results. Mm-hmm. Yeah. In real time. Yes. Okay. So now we're using, what would you say are some of the benefits of this system? Why would we replace this, replace the current system with the system that you have developed, Maikora? Okay. So let's look at sustainability. Mm-hmm. We will not have the current printing of ballot papers and boxes that cuts the budget by half. We will not have spending like $2,500 per voter. That budget will really go down when we look on something like connectivity, convenience, yeah. Okay. And much as security? Security-wise. Mm-hmm. We are looking forward for investment in security, for example, in technology like blockchain, so that we can enhance its security, the security of the system. Okay. Because I know it's secure when you use it with the U.S.S.D. Yes. It's a secure line. So bringing their websites into the picture attracts some insecurity issues like hiking and all that. Mm-hmm. So you're hoping to attract, come again with that? I'm hoping, I've said, we're looking forward to investors to invest in its security. Okay. For example, with technology such as blockchain, yeah, intense firewalls, intense encryption. Mm-hmm. And from the website, you see it just displaced the results. Mm-hmm. It does not do anything with voting. Okay. So you've said you're looking to be incubated by IBC. Yes. Have you approached them, Myron? That is what we are currently working on. Mm-hmm. And we hope that they will get back to us. Yes. And we will get to be incubated by them. So it's something that you're still working on? Yes. It's something that we are still working on. They are not yet back to us. Okay. Yes. Are there other functionalities that are there with your system? Other functionalities. Are there any other other functionalities that come with the system? Mm-hmm. So currently, that is all we have for the voting. Mm-hmm. But as a company, like we said, we are planning to establish a company known as Tech Hub. Mm-hmm. We are hoping to have the system do surveys, polls, yeah, like you see polls for nominations and whatnot. We actually had another interview just before this. Mm-hmm. And they're actually doing that already. Yeah. So it's very possible. Yes. Yeah. And what are the future plans, any other future plans that you have with the system? Mm-hmm. Future plans is to scale out, to scale out. Mm-hmm. In terms, in that we have the system being used in a situation such as a bi-election, bi-IBC. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Any other thing about the system that we've not touched on? I think that's all. Not forgetting to mention again that the system is very convenient, very, very convenient. Mm-hmm. Because, you see, it will give everyone a chance to vote. Mm-hmm. Because the youths are, the youths, they're elderly. Let me say the youths are lazy to go make lines to vote. Mm-hmm. Because even as we were doing, we had a tech expo in Jake Watts. And we were doing, we were talking to people, asking them, asking them if the system is okay. Mm-hmm. And the students were like, that's very nice because we don't like making lines to go to vote for people standing there in the adverse weather conditions. Maybe it's, the sun is really hot or it's raining. They are, they are afraid of that. So the system provides convenience in such a way that they will be able to vote at the comfort of their places anywhere they feel comfortable. They can just vote and that is very easy. Okay. Yes. Quite, quite interesting. Mm-hmm. And with the system, from, you know, the other side of the studio, the, the thing that the votes are increasing for certain candidates, so are there people who are already voting or maybe it's our viewers? Yeah, people, people, people are already voting, people are already testing out the system because it is live. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it is live. So people are probably testing the system. Yeah, yeah. So it is really working. Yeah, it's working, as you can see. Aha. The votes are increasing real time, fast, convenient. Yeah. So would you say the system is ready for use maybe after you've, I talked out with IEBC and everything is going, would you say that it would be ready for, it's ready for use or there are other developments that need to be done? First of all, if IEBC accepts to incubate us, that would be really nice because the system will be ready as the incubators, the system will be. I think it will be very ready to be used. Okay. Yeah. How did you come up, as we come to a close, how did you come up with this idea as, you know, because you are the founder? Yeah. Okay, so this idea hit my mind back in 2017 when we were preparing for the general election and in mind was the situation that we'll have to close our businesses, we'll have to go to Ushago, we'll have to do a lot of things because of voting. So I was thinking about what is the future? What, how can we make voting easier in this country? And that's how we started this idea. And when I came to campus, I decided on actually making it happen, whereby I was assisted by my co-founder. Jackson was really a great role and a developer such as Marion. And I understand that it's not only, you know, in use for the national elections, but any elections? Yeah, considering an election like an university election, we're hoping to conduct that for University J-Quart. For now they're using ballot, but we are in talks with them to use such a system. Okay, so J-Quart might just be the first to use it. Yeah. That would be nice. Marion, any final words for the viewers? Maybe an encouragement to any innovator out there or developer? To any innovator out there, I will just tell you that every idea is valid. And as we are still young, the youths, we are like, I would say we are like a bomb ready to explode with ideas. So just take advantage of that, take your idea out there. It doesn't matter if it fails right now. People have failed and they are still back in the industry and they are making it. Wow, thank you. Nikuel, let's finish with what vision do you have for our country in Martin's elections and what's your word for the innovators out there? Okay, so my word for election in this country. Your vision for what you want? I would like to see a situation whereby we have a very convenient and easy voting system such as this and maybe upgrade of itself. And my word to innovators out there is to make it happen, make the idea happen. It may not be easy but that is the road to success. Okay. Thank you very much guys for coming and we wish you the best in this innovation. You are great. Thank you for representing us. Thanks for having us. Alright, so that has been the second interview with some other innovators who have come up with micro and election management system. 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