<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
application	O
which	O
utilises	O
user-generated	O
reports	O
to	O
collate	O
and	O
map	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
crowdsourcing	O
serving	O
as	O
an	O
initial	O
model	O
for	O
what	O
has	O
been	O
coined	O
as	O
"	O
activist	O
mapping	O
"	O
–	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
social	O
activism	O
,	O
citizen	O
journalism	O
and	O
geographic	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
allows	O
local	O
observers	O
to	O
submit	O
reports	O
using	O
their	O
mobile	O
phones	O
or	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
creating	O
an	O
archive	O
of	O
events	O
with	O
geographic	B-General_Concept
and	O
time-date	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
platform	O
is	O
often	O
used	O
for	O
crisis	O
response	O
,	O
human	O
rights	O
reporting	O
,	O
and	O
election	O
monitoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
(	O
Swahili	O
for	O
"	O
testimony	O
"	O
,	O
closely	O
related	O
to	O
shahidi	O
which	O
means	O
"	O
witness	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
aftermath	O
of	O
Kenya	O
's	O
disputed	O
2007	O
presidential	O
election	O
that	O
collected	O
eyewitness	O
reports	O
of	O
violence	O
reported	O
by	O
email	O
and	O
text	O
message	O
and	O
placed	O
them	O
on	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
platform	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
Nations	O
Department	O
of	O
Field	O
Services	O
and	O
Peacekeeping	O
,	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
Haiti	O
Earthquake	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
Nigerian	O
elections	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
Obama	O
Campaign	O
for	O
America	O
2012	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
Nepalese	O
army	O
to	O
respond	O
to	O
the	O
earthquake	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
in	O
and	O
by	O
local	O
activists	O
groups	O
such	O
as	O
Humanitarian	O
Tracker	O
to	O
monitor	O
violence	O
in	O
the	O
Syrian	O
civil	O
war	O
and	O
HarassMap	O
to	O
help	O
women	O
report	O
on	O
sexual	O
harassment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Successful	O
deployment	O
of	O
crisis	O
mapping	O
applications	O
like	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
benefits	O
from	O
careful	O
attention	O
to	O
how	O
the	O
technology	O
fits	O
into	O
the	O
relevant	O
cultural	O
settings	O
,	O
and	O
focusing	O
on	O
realistic	O
goals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
v2	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
Kohana	O
web	O
framework	O
,	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
the	O
CodeIgniter	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
Ushahidi-hosted	O
websites	O
use	O
the	O
commercial	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
provides	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
using	O
OpenStreetMap	O
maps	O
in	O
its	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
but	O
requires	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Maps	O
API	O
for	O
geocoding	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
is	O
often	O
set	O
up	O
using	O
a	O
local	O
SMS	O
gateway	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
local	O
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
set-up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
v3	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
under	O
the	O
AGPL	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
v4	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
replaces	O
Kohana	O
with	O
Lumen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crowdmap	O
is	O
designed	O
and	O
built	O
by	O
the	O
team	O
behind	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
,	O
a	O
platform	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
built	O
to	O
crowdsource	O
crisis	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crowdmap	O
now	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
their	O
own	O
deployments	O
of	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
without	O
having	O
to	O
install	O
it	O
on	O
a	O
web	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Crowdmap	O
was	O
a	O
hosted	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
v2	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
31	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
team	O
announced	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Crowdmap	O
,	O
that	O
differed	O
from	O
the	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
v2	O
codebase	O
:	O
Checkins	O
,	O
a	O
geosocial	O
add-on	O
to	O
Crowdmap	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
white-label	O
alternative	O
to	O
sites	O
like	O
Foursquare	B-Application
and	O
Gowalla	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
describes	O
the	O
effort	O
as	O
"	O
checkins	O
with	O
a	O
purpose	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftRiver	O
was	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
intelligence	O
and	O
real-time	O
data	O
gathering	O
products	O
that	O
complement	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
's	O
mapping	O
and	O
visualization	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
stop	O
development	O
and	O
support	O
and	O
reallocate	O
the	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftRiver	O
was	O
a	O
free	O
and	O
Open-source	B-Application
platform	I-Application
that	O
helped	O
people	O
make	O
sense	O
of	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
information	O
in	O
a	O
short	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
interest	O
in	O
Swift	O
for	O
other	O
industries	O
such	O
as	O
newsrooms	O
,	O
political	O
analysts	O
and	O
marketers	O
as	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
alternative	O
to	O
more	O
expensive	O
,	O
proprietary	O
intelligence	O
software	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SwiftRiver	O
platform	O
offered	O
applications	O
which	O
combine	O
natural	O
language/artificial	O
intelligence	O
process	O
,	O
data-mining	B-Application
for	O
SMS	O
and	O
Twitter	O
,	O
and	O
verification	O
algorithms	O
for	O
different	O
sources	O
of	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
built	O
RollCall	O
after	O
a	O
team	O
member	O
was	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
terrorist	O
attack	O
at	O
Westgate	O
Malle	O
in	O
Nairobi	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
(	O
Swahili	O
for	O
"	O
testimony	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
witness	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
website	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
aftermath	O
of	O
Kenya	O
's	O
disputed	O
2007	O
presidential	O
election	O
(	O
see	O
2007	O
–	O
2008	O
Kenyan	O
crisis	O
)	O
that	O
collected	O
eyewitness	O
reports	O
of	O
violence	O
sent	O
in	O
by	O
email	O
and	O
text-message	O
and	O
placed	O
them	O
on	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
map	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
developed	O
for	O
that	O
site	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
improved	O
,	O
released	O
freely	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
similar	O
projects	O
around	O
the	O
globe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
analysis	O
by	O
Harvard	O
's	O
Kennedy	O
School	O
of	O
Government	O
found	O
that	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
was	O
better	O
overall	O
at	O
reporting	O
acts	O
of	O
violence	O
as	O
they	O
began	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	O
collected	O
by	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
was	O
superior	O
to	O
that	O
reported	O
by	O
the	O
mainstream	O
media	O
in	O
Kenya	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
Co-founder	O
and	O
Executive	O
Director	O
Ory	O
Okolloh	O
announced	O
that	O
she	O
was	O
stepping	O
down	O
from	O
her	O
role	O
to	O
become	O
Manager	O
of	O
Policy	O
for	O
Africa	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
its	O
initial	O
use	O
in	O
Kenya	O
,	O
the	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
software	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
similar	O
site	O
to	O
track	O
anti-immigrant	O
violence	O
in	O
South	O
Africa	O
,	O
in	O
May	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
is	O
used	O
in	O
Kenya	O
,	O
Malawi	O
,	O
Uganda	O
,	O
and	O
Zambia	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
to	O
track	O
pharmacy	O
stockouts	O
in	O
several	O
Southeast	O
African	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
earthquake	O
in	O
Haiti	O
,	O
Patrick	O
Meier	O
launched	O
a	O
joint	O
effort	O
between	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
,	O
The	O
Fletcher	O
School	O
of	O
Law	O
&	O
Diplomacy	O
at	O
Tufts	O
University	O
,	O
UN	O
OCHA/Colombia	O
and	O
the	O
International	O
Network	O
of	O
Crisis	O
Mappers	O
(	O
CM*Net	O
)	O
to	O
start	O
the	O
Haiti	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nearly	O
40,000	O
independent	O
reports	O
were	O
sent	O
to	O
the	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
Haiti	O
Project	O
of	O
which	O
nearly	O
4,000	O
distinct	O
events	O
were	O
plotted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
a	O
month	O
after	O
the	O
Haiti	O
earthquake	O
,	O
the	O
2010	O
earthquake	O
in	O
Chile	O
prompted	O
Patrick	O
Meier	O
to	O
launch	O
Ushahidi-Chile	O
within	O
hours	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
quake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
3	O
May	O
the	O
Louisiana	O
Bucket	O
Brigade	O
(	O
LABB	O
)	O
publicly	O
released	O
the	O
Oil	O
Spill	O
Crisis	O
Map	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
application	O
of	O
the	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
platform	O
in	O
a	O
humanitarian	O
response	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2010	O
LABB	O
has	O
collected	O
over	O
14,000	O
reports	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
largest	O
and	O
longest-running	O
deployment	O
of	O
an	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
instance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elena	O
Rapisardi	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
Giovanni	O
Lotto	O
,	O
launched	O
the	O
first	O
Italian	O
crowdmap	O
Open	O
Foreste	O
Italiane	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
list	O
and	O
map	O
information	O
to	O
prevent	O
and	O
manage	O
forest	O
fires	O
;	O
the	O
meaning	O
of	O
this	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
reported	O
on	O
the	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
OpenForeste	O
did	O
not	O
completely	O
achieve	O
his	O
goals	O
,	O
it	O
showed	O
importance	O
for	O
two	O
reasons	O
:	O
(	O
1	O
)	O
unlike	O
previous	O
instances	O
,	O
the	O
platform	O
was	O
utilized	O
in	O
absence	O
of	O
an	O
acting	O
crisis	O
or	O
emergency	O
to	O
collect	O
,	O
map	O
,	O
share	O
and	O
spread	O
information	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
manage	O
future	O
and	O
potential	O
emergencies	O
,	O
thus	O
joining	O
the	O
awareness	O
of	O
the	O
possibilities	O
of	O
Web	O
2.0	O
and	O
a	O
different	O
approach	O
to	O
natural	O
risk	O
prevention	O
;	O
(	O
2	O
)	O
it	O
brought	O
to	O
Italy	O
the	O
knowledge	O
and	O
potential	O
of	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
,	O
crowdmapping	O
and	O
social	O
use	O
of	O
crowdsourcing	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
used	O
in	O
following	O
years	O
in	O
several	O
instances	O
,	O
both	O
private	O
and	O
public	O
,	O
especially	O
from	O
local	O
Civil	O
Protection	O
structures	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
approach	O
to	O
the	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
platform	O
(	O
see	O
here	O
a	O
non-complete	O
crowdmap	O
of	O
Italian	O
Crowdsourcing	O
Projects	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
was	O
used	O
in	O
Russia	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
"	O
map	O
of	O
help	O
"	O
for	O
voluntary	O
workers	O
needed	O
after	O
the	O
2010	O
Russian	O
wildfires	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Christchurch	O
Recovery	O
Map	O
website	O
was	O
launched	O
less	O
than	O
24	O
hours	O
after	O
the	O
February	O
2011	O
Christchurch	O
earthquake	O
in	O
Christchurch	O
,	O
New	O
Zealand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Task	O
Force	O
's	O
Tech	O
Team	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
password	O
protected	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
platform	O
almost	O
immediately	O
and	O
several	O
days	O
later	O
launched	O
a	O
public	O
version	O
at	O
OCHA	O
's	O
request	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
India	O
Citizen	O
Reports	O
has	O
been	O
using	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
since	O
2011	O
to	O
collect	O
and	O
disseminate	O
reports	O
in	O
various	O
categories	O
like	O
civic	O
problems	O
,	O
crimes	O
and	O
corruption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TelecomMap.com	O
uses	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
to	O
map	O
3G	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
quality	O
and	O
Wi-Fi	O
hotspots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Australian	O
Broadcasting	O
Corporation	O
used	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
to	O
map	O
the	O
Queensland	O
floods	O
in	O
January	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MightyMoRiver	O
Project	O
used	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
's	O
hosted	O
service	O
Crowdmap	O
to	O
track	O
the	O
Missouri	O
River	O
floods	O
of	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transparency	O
Watch	O
Project	O
is	O
using	O
the	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
platform	O
to	O
track	O
corruption	O
reported	O
cases	O
in	O
the	O
Republic	O
of	O
Macedonia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
was	O
used	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
Nigerian	O
2011	O
elections	O
under	O
the	O
project	O
Reclaim	O
Naija	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Al	O
Jazeera	O
Balkans	O
deployed	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
crisis	O
mapping	O
platform	O
on	O
5	O
February	O
2012	O
to	O
track	O
the	O
snow/cold	O
emergency	O
in	O
the	O
Balkans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
helped	O
run	O
the	O
Uchaguzi	O
partnership	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
2013	O
Kenyan	O
elections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
announced	O
Ping	O
(	O
now	O
called	O
Rollcall	O
)	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
attacks	O
on	O
Westgate	O
Mall	O
in	O
Nairobi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kathmandu	O
Living	O
Labs	O
(	O
KLL	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
volunteer	O
organization	O
,	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
platform	O
to	O
collect	O
and	O
manage	O
data	O
from	O
crowd	O
using	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
created	O
USAelectionmonitor.com	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
USA	O
2016	O
Presidential	O
Election	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
election	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
set	O
up	O
Documenthate.org	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
spike	O
in	O
hate	O
crimes	O
against	O
minorities	O
in	O
the	O
USA	O
post	O
election	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
journalist	O
and	O
activist	O
Shaun	O
King	O
and	O
non-profit	O
journalism	O
group	O
Propublica	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
Yorker	O
covered	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
saying	O
:	O
"	O
Now	O
Shaun	O
King	O
,	O
a	O
writer	O
for	O
the	O
Daily	O
News	O
,	O
is	O
working	O
with	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
company	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
to	O
create	O
a	O
map	O
of	O
post-election	O
intimidation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
“	O
The	O
team	O
at	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
is	O
helping	O
me	O
go	O
through	O
them	O
,	O
verify	O
them	O
the	O
best	O
we	O
can	O
,	O
catalogue	O
and	O
then	O
map	O
them	O
,	O
then	O
share	O
them.	O
”	O
The	O
aim	O
is	O
to	O
raise	O
awareness	O
of	O
politically	O
motivated	O
violence	O
and	O
help	O
people	O
stay	O
safe	O
,	O
report	O
it	O
to	O
authorities	O
as	O
needed	O
,	O
and	O
create	O
a	O
database	O
of	O
such	O
incidents.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
ran	O
the	O
Uchaguzi	O
partnership	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
2017	O
Kenyan	O
elections	O
,	O
the	O
fourth	O
country-wide	O
election	O
monitoring	O
effort	O
for	O
the	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
integrated	O
a	O
Facebook	O
Messenger	O
bot	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
7	O
million	O
Facebook	O
users	O
in	O
Kenya	O
to	O
report	O
via	O
Messenger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
has	O
received	O
several	O
awards	O
in	O
recognition	O
to	O
its	O
effectiveness	O
and	O
creativity	O
,	O
latest	O
being	O
The	O
MacArthur	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
awards	O
received	O
by	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
so	O
far	O
include	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
allegations	O
surfaced	O
online	O
of	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
covering	O
up	O
a	O
sexual	O
harassment	O
incident	O
perpetrated	O
by	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
their	O
senior	O
leadership	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
released	O
a	O
statement	O
the	O
next	O
day	O
confirming	O
they	O
were	O
aware	O
of	O
the	O
allegations	O
which	O
were	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
an	O
ongoing	O
internal	O
inquiry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Former	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
board	O
member	O
and	O
co-founder	O
Ory	O
Okolloh	O
,	O
strongly	O
condemned	O
the	O
laxity	O
with	O
which	O
the	O
board	O
dealt	O
with	O
the	O
issue	O
on	O
11	O
July	O
saying	O
that	O
“	O
more	O
clarity	O
on	O
steps	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
taken	O
so	O
far	O
and	O
the	O
relevant	O
timelines	O
should	O
be	O
shared	O
and	O
those	O
found	O
culpable	O
either	O
by	O
their	O
action	O
or	O
inaction	O
should	O
resign	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
released	O
a	O
second	O
statement	O
on	O
17	O
July	O
2017	O
detailing	O
the	O
chronology	O
of	O
events	O
showed	O
that	O
the	O
incident	O
occurred	O
on	O
19	O
January	O
2017	O
and	O
was	O
reported	O
to	O
the	O
board	O
on	O
4	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
on	O
5	O
May	O
the	O
accused	O
was	O
placed	O
on	O
temporary	O
leave	O
,	O
given	O
due	O
process	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
investigation	O
was	O
undertaken	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Angela	O
Kabari	O
came	O
out	O
publicly	O
on	O
20	O
July	O
as	O
the	O
victim	O
in	O
a	O
Medium	O
post	O
detailing	O
a	O
6-month	O
ordeal	O
and	O
called	O
for	O
the	O
resignation	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
board	O
that	O
consisted	O
of	O
David	O
Kobia	O
,	O
Erik	O
Hersman	O
,	O
Juliana	O
Rotich	O
and	O
Jenny	O
Stefanotti	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
identified	O
Daudi	O
Were	O
,	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
's	O
Executive	O
Director	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
accused	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daudi	O
Were	O
was	O
alerted	O
of	O
his	O
dismissal	O
on	O
17	O
July	O
,	O
formally	O
dismissed	O
on	O
22	O
July	O
,	O
and	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
released	O
an	O
apology	O
to	O
Angela	O
for	O
the	O
harassment	O
she	O
experienced	O
while	O
working	O
at	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ushahidi	B-Application
staff	O
and	O
staff	O
from	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
related	O
organizations	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
banner	O
"	O
Women	O
in	O
Tech	O
Kenya	O
"	O
,	O
released	O
a	O
statement	O
on	O
24	O
July	O
that	O
supported	O
Angela	O
's	O
speaking	O
out	O
,	O
condemned	O
Daudi	O
Were	O
's	O
conduct	O
,	O
applauded	O
his	O
dismissal	O
,	O
and	O
supporting	O
the	O
board	O
following	O
due	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
board	O
did	O
not	O
resign	O
and	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
posts	O
defended	O
their	O
conduct	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
they	O
followed	O
due	O
process	O
in	O
the	O
pursuit	O
of	O
justice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
statement	O
released	O
on	O
28	O
July	O
,	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
said	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
legal	O
process	O
,	O
agreed	O
upon	O
by	O
all	O
parties	O
,	O
all	O
communications	O
had	O
to	O
go	O
through	O
the	O
legal	O
representation	O
and	O
called	O
Ms.	O
Kabari	O
's	O
claims	O
that	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
care	O
about	O
her	O
disingenuous	O
for	O
not	O
understanding	O
the	O
neutral	O
position	O
the	O
board	O
undertook	O
in	O
the	O
sexual	O
harassment	O
investigation	O
.	O
</s>
