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Project
14: Creating Databases for Constituencies for Development
Planning (One Constituency in Kenya as
a Pilot Study)
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DESCRIPTION
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Introduction |
Regional Centre
for Mapping of Resources for Development is proposing
for an Automated Mapping of electoral Boundaries,
infrastructures (i.e. roads, rivers, towns, schools,
hospitals, etc ), polling stations and electoral database
linked to spatial data for the Electoral Commission of
Kenya. This will greatly help the Commission to effectively
plan and execute the elections in the Country.
The resultant geographic database can easily be linked
to existing databases on voter registration, election
results and population census data. Acquisition of the
proper GIS software and hardware will then enable the
enhanced and efficient production of cartographic maps
for various purposes, sophisticated geographic analysis
for the planning of new polling stations and the review
of constitutional boundaries. |
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Objectives |
The overall objective
is to create a comprehensive database that can be used
by the Electoral Commission to effectively plan and execute
the Country elections and be used for efficient management
and updating in the future. The project will develop
data layers on: Polling stations; Electoral, constituency
boundaries and areas; Administrative boundaries and areas;
Major rivers, roads, settlements for topographic reference
and assessment of accessibility; and Towns, Schools, Hospitals,
chief’s offices and Police stations, etc |
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Justification |
Currently, the
Electoral Commission is mapping electoral boundaries and
polling stations manually and this takes many man-hours
to accomplish. Updating maps requires repeating the process
of manual mapping all over again but with the use of GIS,
this becomes very easy operation. South Africa is one
good example in Africa where map automation and development
of electoral databases have been efficiently undertaken
and used in planning and management of elections. During
the 1999 election in South Africa, geo-referenced data
on population, roads and physical barriers such as rivers
and mountain ranges were combined to delineate the boundaries
of electoral wards. This information permitted the boundaries
to be drawn in ways that sought to minimise difficult
travel and overcrowding at polling stations. |
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Target beneficiaries |
The target beneficiaries
are the Kenya Electoral Commission, Members of Parliament,
Civil administration and Local Authorities . |
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Inputs |
Topographic and
thematic maps, remote sensing data, hardware and software
and skilled manpower. |
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Outputs |
Outputs are development
of digital constituency maps and associated databases,
production of an electoral atlas both on hard copy and
CD-ROM, development of electoral database management system,
maps and reports. |
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Evaluation |
Progressive reports,
databases |
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Budget |
The project is
estimated to cost US$50,000 during one year of the plan
period. |
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Risks/ Assumptions |
The project assumes
availability of current constituency maps, infrastructure
and related databases on population and topographic data
sets are in good shape. It is assumed that a donor will
be found to finance the project. |
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