Staff put in extra hours to help parties meet timelines
The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) has lately been a beehive of activities with increased inperson service requests from customers seeking varied services. Topping the service requests from months February through April and on, have been matters relating to; membership resignations; submission and/or membership lists for certification and requests for certification of membership status & proposed symbols of persons intending to vie in the 2022 general election as independent candidates among others.
ORPP staff, Justus Osore (seated) attends to clients at a makeshift service bay at 4th floor headquarters
Latest also, issuance of certified registers to parties has been a regular service. Responsible Directorates andDepartments have correspondingly adjusted their working schedules and mode with some days recording near 24-hour cycle service from dedicated staff with the Registrar of hand every step to give necessary strategic guidance. On the 26th Deadline which fell on a Saturday, a section of staff spent entire daytime and night running to Sunday dawn to serve influx of clients who trooped in the dying hours to the deadline. The county offices have also joined the conundrum in timely sending to the headquarters applications and other requests submitted through respective offices so as to reach on time and be processed accordingly. In the past over two weeks upon the deadline of party membership lists of 26th March,2022 , the situation has not been any different, with skyrocketed number of political parties representatives making follow ups and given a chance to undertake necessary validation touches against submitted membership lists.
Validation of membership lists
The tail-end of last week, 4th boardroom at the ORPP headquarters was turned into a ‘clinic’ on which party representatives were granted opportunity to identify any disparity between membership lists submitted within the timeline and their party aspirants lists. Staff lead by Compliance and ICT departments with close guidance in their respective Directorates, dedicated their time of their of busy schedule to guide and act on emerging issues that came up on validation exercise.
Party representatives during validation exercise in 4th floor boardroom
The certification process has since been issued to stakeholders. “The process of certification of the registers will entail; verification of data of party registers will entail certifying that persons in the membership lists meets the requirements of the Political Parties Act, 2011; confirming that aspirants lists submitted are verified against membership register to ascertain that the aspirants are members of respective parties”, guided the Registrar of Political Parties, Ann Nderitu in a press briefing at ORPP headquarters on 29th March, 2022. She further assured that any emerging administrative concerns (if any) that may emanate from the verification will be handled on case-by-case basis with the concerned political party.
“Upon verification, Registrar will issue a certified party membership register in printed format and a read- only soft copy to each of the party”, read the press briefing attended by over 12 different outfits. Working overdrive has extended post-validation exercise, with a section of ICT team steering the printing and production of electronic registers on schedule. The printing of the registers that are well-laden with security features, was done with close supervision of ORPP by the Government Press. To demonstrate the effort incurred, most party registers process are now marked “certified” and had by 6th April,2022 been formally issued with their respective registers. By this date, over 72 parties out of the 82 had received the registers. This is way ahead of legal deadline of submission of certified membership lists by ORPP to Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on 9th April, 2022.
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ORPP
Déclaration d'accessibilité
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July 22, 2024
Statut de conformité
Nous croyons fermement qu'Internet doit être disponible et accessible à tous, et nous nous engageons à fournir un site Web accessible au plus large public possible,
quelles que soient les circonstances et les capacités.
Pour ce faire, nous nous efforçons de respecter aussi strictement que possible les directives pour l'accessibilité des contenus Web 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) du World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) au niveau AA.
Ces lignes directrices expliquent comment rendre le contenu Web accessible aux personnes souffrant d'un large éventail de handicaps. Le respect de ces directives nous aide à garantir que le site Web est accessible
à toutes les personnes : personnes aveugles, personnes avec une déficience motrice, une déficience visuelle, une déficience cognitive, et plus encore.
Ce site Web utilise diverses technologies destinées à le rendre aussi accessible que possible à tout moment. Nous utilisons une interface d'accessibilité qui permet aux personnes ayant des
personnes handicapées pour ajuster l'interface utilisateur (interface utilisateur) du site Web et la concevoir en fonction de leurs besoins personnels.
De plus, le site Web utilise une application basée sur l'IA qui s'exécute en arrière-plan et optimise constamment son niveau d'accessibilité. Cette application corrige le code HTML du site Web,
adapte ses fonctionnalités et son comportement aux lecteurs d'écran utilisés par les utilisateurs aveugles et aux fonctions du clavier utilisées par les personnes handicapées motrices.
Si vous avez trouvé un dysfonctionnement ou avez des idées d'amélioration, nous serons heureux de vous entendre. Vous pouvez contacter les opérateurs du site Web en utilisant l'e-mail suivant
Lecteur d'écran et navigation au clavier
Notre site Web implémente la technique des attributs ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications), ainsi que divers changements de comportement différents, pour garantir aux utilisateurs aveugles visitant avec
les lecteurs d'écran sont capables de lire, de comprendre et d'apprécier les fonctions du site Web. Dès qu'un utilisateur muni d'un lecteur d'écran accède à votre site, il reçoit immédiatement
une invite à entrer le profil de lecteur d'écran afin qu'ils puissent parcourir et utiliser votre site efficacement. Voici comment notre site Web couvre certaines des exigences les plus importantes en matière de lecteur d'écran,
à côté des captures d'écran de la console d'exemples de code :
Optimisation du lecteur d'écran : we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different coloring options.
Animations – person with epilepsy can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to