This is a chart Uchaguzi team & community members, tasks and locations. A full schedule will be created for the Elections Day. This list of Roles and Responsibilities is to aid planning for the deployment with the Uchaguzi Digital Teams and Uchaguzi Community Working Groups
STAFF Role |
Responsibility |
MAIN LEAD |
Location |
Backup |
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Project Lead |
Lead Uchaguzi project |
Daudi Were |
Nairobi |
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Development Lead |
Lead Uchaguzi Technology |
Linda Kamau |
Nairobi |
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Communications Director |
Manage Media and Communications Plan |
Rebecca Wanjiku |
Nairobi |
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Deployment planning, Community and Training |
Manage community outreach and lead training for deployment |
Heather Leson |
Toronto/DC |
Rob |
Community Training |
Support Community outreach and training |
Angela Odour |
Nairobi |
Heather |
Deployment planning, Support Uchaguzi project |
Training, Geolocation, Technology |
Rob Baker |
DC |
Heather |
Design Uchaguzi |
Design and Implement UI for Uchaguzi |
Jepchumba |
SA |
Brandon |
Research Uchaguzi project |
Review Uchaguzi deployment and provide research |
Rhoda |
Nairobi |
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Development - QA |
Lead QA project for Uchaguzi |
Sharon |
Nairobi |
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Admin Support |
Support Daudi and Angela |
Debra |
Nairobi |
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Sysadmin, Security and Backend Management |
Monitor servers make sure tech lead doesn't think about servers |
Robbie |
global |
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Emergency Desk Operator |
Manage and coordinate on Critical and Urgent matters |
Erik Hersman |
Nairobi |
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The following is a list of Community Uchaguzi roles to be filled. Location pertains to where you will be during the election:
Community Working groups - Pre election planning groups
Community Role |
Name |
Responsibility |
Location |
Back-up |
Digital ? |
In Nairobi? |
In DC? |
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Analysis and Research Working Group Lead |
Leo |
Lead the Local Analysis and Research Working Group |
Nairobi |
Juliana Rotich |
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x |
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Local Community Outreach/Translation Working Group Lead |
Angie and Daudi |
Lead the Local Community Outreach (including translation) |
Nairobi |
Heather/Rob (Virtually) |
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x |
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Technology Community Working Group Lead |
Linda |
Lead the Technology Community working group |
Nairobi |
Sharon |
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x |
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Social Media Working Group |
Rebecca Wanjiku |
Lead the Social Media Outreach Working Group |
Nairobi |
Jep/Erik (virtually) |
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UMATI Working Group |
Angela C./Kagonya |
Lead the Umati Working Group |
Nairobi |
Angela C. /Kagonya |
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x |
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Digital Teams - Activated during elections
Community Role |
Name |
Responsibility |
Location |
Back-up |
Digital ? |
In Nairobi? |
In DC? |
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Media Monitoring |
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Monitoring citizen reports via different social media streams, in turn, creating reports |
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Nairobi co-lead |
Limo Taboi |
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Global co-lead |
Leesa |
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Translation |
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Translating reports(including those created out of tweets/SMS) from local languages to English. |
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Nairobi co-lead |
Debra Ojuka/Paul Warambo |
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Global co-lead |
not filled |
This is generally a local task with Translators without Borders leading (Paul Warambo). We would love a hand if someone is up for the task |
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Technology |
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Maintenance of https://uchaguzi.co.ke for the duration of election monitoring. |
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Nairobi co-lead |
Linda Kamau |
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Global co-lead |
David Kobia |
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Reports |
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Report approval and editing |
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Nairobi co-lead |
Anne Salim, |
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Global co-lead |
Heather Leson, Jus Mackinnnon |
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Verification |
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Information triangulation and verification of reports, working close with community and Nairobi teams |
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Nairobi co-lead |
Angela Oduor, Mel Mbugua |
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Global co-lead |
Heather Leson |
This is mainly a Kenyan driven task. |
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x |
Geolocation |
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Tagging reports that have not been geolocated to specific locations. |
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Nairobi co-lead |
Accadius Sabwa |
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Global co-lead |
Rob Baker |
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Analysis and Research |
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Provide Uchaguzi team with twice daily reports - type of reports to be determined at Community working group sessions. |
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Nairobi co-lead |
Leo Mutuku |
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Global co-lead |
Catherine Dempsey |
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SMS |
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Handle all incoming SMS messages into the platform, including determination of origin i.e location. In charge of report creation from SMSes received, their geolocation and categorisation. |
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Nairobi co-lead |
Mark Kamau |
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Global co-lead |
OM |
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Additional Teams
Community Role |
Name |
Responsibility |
Location |
Back-up |
Digital ? |
In Nairobi? |
In DC? |
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Emergency Desk Operator Support |
Erik Hersman |
Work with Daudi and verification team to manage urgent and critical reports. |
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x |
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Nairobi co-lead |
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Global co-lead |
Heather Leson/ Rob Baker |
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x |
Uchaguzi Volunteer Cooordinator |
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Nairobi co-lead |
Nekesa Were |
Coordinate all volunteers in Nairobi. Ensure that training, code of conduct and scheduling is complete. Coordinate food, breaks, questions and human awesome support |
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Global co-lead |
Heather Leson/ Leesa |
Coordinate all volunteers NOT in Nairobi. Ensure that training, code of conduct and scheduling is complete. Coordinate food, breaks, questions and human awesome support |
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Project runner - Nairobi |
x8 |
Project runners will assist the core team with delegated tasks. Daudi, Juliana, Rebecca and Angela should each be assigned 2 project runners to assist with the communication workflow in the ihub. |
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Key Master |
Nekesa Were |
Verify all and provide access. Once people complete training, agree to the code of conduct, then can be scheduled and given tool access by team. This person verifies and coordinates. |
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x |
heather |
Social Media Outreach |
Rebecca W. |
Sharing uchaguzi situation room updates via social media i.e twitter/facebook/Blog |
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