Election Technology esetshenziswa eNigeria
Ubuchwepheshe bedijithali bokuthuthukisa ukwethembeka kwemiphumela yokhetho buye basetshenziswa kabanzi emhlabeni wonke eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule.Emazweni ase-Afrika, cishe lonke ukhetho lukazwelonke lwakamuva lusebenzise izinhlobo ezahlukene zobuchwepheshe bedijithali.
Lokhu kubandakanya ukubhaliswa kwabavoti be-biometric, izifundi zamakhadi ahlakaniphile, amakhadi abavoti, i-optical scan, ukurekhoda okuqondile kwe-elekthronikhi, kanye nokubalwa kwemiphumela ye-elekthronikhi.Isizathu esiyinhloko sokuwasebenzisa ukuqukatha ukukhwabanisa okhethweni.Iphinde ikhuthaze ukwethembeka kokhetho.
I-Nigeria yaqala ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bedijithali ohlelweni lokhetho ngo-2011. IKhomishana Kazwelonke Yokhetho Ezimele yethula uhlelo lokuhlonza izigxivizo zeminwe oluzenzakalelayo ukuze lumise abavoti ukubhalisa ngaphezu kwesikhathi esisodwa.
Sithole ukuthi nakuba ukusungulwa kwedijithali kuthuthukise ukhetho e-Nigeria ukuze kuncishiswe izimo zokukhwabanisa okhethweni nokungahambi kahle, kusenezihibe ezithile ezithinta ukusebenza kahle kwazo.
Kungaphethwa ngale ndlela elandelayo: izinkinga akuzona izindaba zokusebenza eziphathelene nemishini engasebenzi.Kunalokho, zibonakalisa izinkinga ekuphathweni kokhetho.
Ukukhathazeka okudala kusaqhubeka
Ngenkathi ukwenziwa kwedijithali kubambe amathemba amahle, abanye abadlali bezepolitiki bahlala bengaqiniseki.NgoJulayi 2021 iSenethi yenqaba ukuhlinzekwa koMthetho Wokhetho mayelana nokwethulwa kokuvota nge-elekthronikhi kanye nokudluliswa kwemiphumela nge-elekthronikhi.
Lezi zindlela ezintsha zingaba isinyathelo esingaphezu kwekhadi lomvoti kanye nesifundi samakhadi ahlakaniphile.Zombili kuhloswe ngazo ukunciphisa amaphutha ekubalweni kwemiphumela esheshayo.
ISenethi ithe ukuvota nge-elekthronikhi kungenzeka kubeke engcupheni ukwethembeka kokhetho, njengoba kwenza ukungasebenzi kahle kwabanye abafundi bamakhadi ngesikhathi sokhetho lwango-2015 no-2019.
Ukwenqatshwa kuncike ekuphawuleni kweKhomishini Yezokuxhumana Kazwelonke yokuthi ingxenye kuphela yamayunithi okuvota angadlulisa imiphumela yokhetho.
Uhulumeni wobumbano uphinde wathi ukudluliswa kwemiphumela yokhetho ngedijithali bekungeke kubhekwe okhethweni lukazwelonke lwango-2023 ngoba ohulumeni basekhaya abangama-473 kwabangama-774 bebengenayo i-inthanethi.
ISenethi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi yasihoxisa isinqumo sayo ngemuva kokukhala komphakathi.
Phusha ukuze wenze idijithali
Kodwa ikhomishana yokhetho iqhubekile nokubiza kwayo ukuthi kufakwe ama-digitization.Futhi izinhlangano zomphakathi zibonise ukweseka ngenxa yethemba lokunciphisa ukukhwabanisa okhethweni kanye nokwenza ngcono ukubonakala.Baphinde baphusha ukuvota nge-elekthronikhi kanye nokudluliswa kwemiphumela yokhetho.
Ngokufanayo, i-Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, okuyisambulela sezinhlangano zomphakathi ezingaphezu kuka-70, isekele ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe bedijithali.
Impumelelo kanye nemikhawulo
Ngithole ngocwaningo lwami ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe bedijithali ngokwezinga elithile kuye kwathuthukisa ikhwalithi yokhetho eNigeria.Ukuthuthuka uma kuqhathaniswa nokhetho lwangaphambilini olubonakala ngokukhwabanisa nokukhohlisa.
Kodwa-ke, kunezihibe ezithile ngenxa yokwehluleka kobuchwepheshe kanye nezinkinga zesakhiwo nesistimu.Enye yezinto eziwuhlelo wukuthi ikhomishini yokhetho ayinakho ukuzimela ngokwezimali.Okunye ukuntula obala nokuziphendulela kanye nokungavikeleki okwanele ngesikhathi sokhetho.Lokhu kubangele ukungabaza ngobuqotho bokhetho futhi kwaphakamisa ukukhathazeka mayelana nokwethembeka kobuchwepheshe bedijithali.
Lokhu akumangazi.Ubufakazi obuvela ocwaningweni bubonise ukuthi imiphumela yobuchwepheshe bedijithali okhethweni ixubile.
Isibonelo, ngesikhathi sokhetho lwango-2019 eNigeria, kube nezimo zokungasebenzi kahle kwamakhadi okufunda amakhadi kwezinye izikhungo zokuvota.Lokhu kubambezele ukugunyazwa kwabavoti ezindaweni eziningi zokuvota.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, belungekho uhlelo olufanayo lwezimo eziphuthumayo kuzwelonke.Izikhulu zokhetho zivumele ukuvota ngezandla kwezinye izikhungo zokuvota.Kwezinye izimo, bavumele ukusetshenziswa “kwamafomu esigameko”, ifomu eligcwaliswe izikhulu zokhetho egameni lomvoti ngaphambi kokuba bavunyelwe ukuvota.Lokhu kwenzeke ngesikhathi abafundi bekhadi elihlakaniphile bengakwazanga ukugunyaza ikhadi lomvoti.Kumoshwe isikhathi esiningi kulolu hlelo, okwaholela ekwandiseni isikhathi sokuvota.Eziningi zalezi zinkinga zenzeka, ikakhulukazi ngoMashi 2015 okhethweni lukamongameli kanye nomhlangano kazwelonke.
Naphezu kwalezi zinselele, ngithole ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe bedijithali kusukela ngo-2015 kuye kwalithuthukisa ngokuzithoba lonke ikhwalithi yokhetho eNigeria.Kwehlisile izehlakalo zokubhaliswa okuphindwe kabili, ukukhwabanisa okhethweni kanye nodlame futhi kwabuyisela izinga elithile ukuzethemba ohlelweni lokhetho.
Indlela eya phambili
Izinkinga zesistimu nezikhungo zisaqhubeka, ukuzimela kwekhomishana yokhetho, ingqalasizinda yezobuchwepheshe enganele kanye nokuphepha kuyizinkathazo eNigeria.Kanjalo nokwethembana nokwethemba ubuchwepheshe bedijithali phakathi kosopolitiki nabavoti.
Lokhu kufanele kusingathwe uhulumeni enze izinguquko ezengeziwe kumgwamanda wokhetho kanye nokwenza ngcono ingqalasizinda yezobuchwepheshe.Ngaphezu kwalokho, isiGungu Sikazwelonke kufanele sibuyekeze uMthetho Wokhetho, ikakhulukazi isici sawo sezokuphepha.Ngicabanga ukuthi uma ukuvikeleka kuthuthukiswa phakathi nokhetho, ukufakwa kwedijithali kuzoqhubeka kangcono.
Ngokufanayo, imizamo ehlangene kufanele ikhokhwe engcupheni yokwehluleka kobuchwepheshe bedijithali.Futhi abasebenzi bokhetho kufanele bathole ukuqeqeshwa okwanele mayelana nendlela yokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe.
Ngokukhathazeka okukhulunywe ngenhla, isisombululo sakamuva se-Integelec esihlanganisa ukuvota nge-elekthronikhi ngokusekelwe kudivayisi yokumaka amavoti ezingeni lendawo kanye nesistimu yokubala emaphakathi endaweni yokubala Emaphakathi lapho ingqalasizinda ingase ibe ngcono ingaba impendulo.
Futhi ukuzuza ukuthunyelwa okulula nokuzizwisa okusebenziseka kalula, kungathuthukisa ukhetho lwamanje eNigeria.Ukuze uthole imininingwane eyengeziwe sicela uhlole isixhumanisi esingezansi ukuze ufunde ukuthi umkhiqizo wethu uzosebenza kanjani:Inqubo yokuvota nge-elekthronikhi yi-BMD
Isikhathi sokuthumela: 05-05-22
