East Africa: Ushahidi to 'Monitor' Nation's 2011 Elections

Nairobi — Free and open source platforms such as Kenya's Ushahidi and mobile phone-based text messages will be used to monitor the 2011 Uganda presidential elections.

"There are many opportunities for Uganda to deploy the Ushahidi tool in the upcoming elections," Ushahidi finance manager Limo Taboi said at a meeting in Kampala last week.

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