About SchoolVote Kenya
We are on a mission to make school elections secure, transparent and accessible for every school in Kenya and across Africa.
Ian Kibet
Ian Kibet founded SchoolVote Kenya while still a high school student at Kabianga High School in Kericho County. Driven by firsthand experience with the chaos, delays and distrust that surrounded school elections, Ian set out to build a digital solution that would bring fairness, speed and transparency to student governance. What started as a student's bold idea is now transforming how hundreds of schools across Kenya run their elections.
📜 Our Story
SchoolVote Kenya was born in 2024 from a simple but powerful observation: the school elections system in Kenya was broken. As a student at Kabianga High School, Ian Kibet watched classmates queue for hours to drop paper ballots into cardboard boxes, only to wait days for manual counts that were often disputed. Allegations of rigging, lost ballot papers and counting errors were the norm, not the exception.
Instead of accepting the status quo, Ian decided to build the solution himself. Teaching himself web development and database management alongside his high school studies, he created the first version of SchoolVote Kenya — a platform that allows schools to run digital elections that are secure, transparent and produce instant results. The platform was designed from day one to work in the real-world conditions of Kenyan schools: low-bandwidth connections, basic smartphones and limited technical resources among school administrators.
Today, SchoolVote Kenya serves over 500 schools across all 47 counties, from bustling Nairobi academies to rural primary schools in remote parts of the country. Our platform handles everything from student council elections to prefect voting, house captain selections and school governance polls — all securely, transparently and instantly.
📅 Our Journey
While a student at Kabianga High School, Ian Kibet identifies the problems with paper-based school elections and begins developing a digital voting platform from his school dormitory, learning to code and build databases alongside his regular studies.
The first schools begin using SchoolVote Kenya to run their student council elections. The platform proves that digital voting can work even in schools with limited internet connectivity and basic devices.
Word spreads quickly among Kenyan schools. Within months, SchoolVote Kenya expands to serve schools across multiple counties, with teachers and administrators praising the platform's ease of use and the trust it builds in the election process.
SchoolVote Kenya now serves over 500 schools across all 47 counties, with tens of thousands of votes cast on the platform. Ian continues to lead development and innovation, adding features like scope-based voting, M-Pesa payments and real-time results dashboards.
✨ Our Values
Transparency
Every vote is recorded, auditable and tamper-proof. We believe trust is the foundation of democracy — starting in schools.
Security
AES-256 encryption, CSRF protection and secure sessions ensure your election data is protected with bank-grade security.
Simplicity
Set up an election in under 30 minutes. No technical skills required. Our platform guides you every step of the way.
Accessibility
Mobile-first design works on any device. Optimized for low-bandwidth environments common across Kenya.
🏫 Built by a Student, for Students
What makes SchoolVote Kenya unique is that it was born inside a school, built by someone who experienced the very problems it solves. Ian Kibet understands the election process from a student's perspective — the anxiety of waiting for results, the frustration of disputed outcomes and the desire for a system that treats every vote equally. This firsthand experience drives every feature and every design decision on the platform.
Beyond SchoolVote Kenya, Ian serves as the CEO of UPTECH, a technology company focused on building innovative digital solutions for African businesses and institutions. He is also the Executive and Managing Director of Liuped Global, where he oversees strategic operations and drives growth across multiple sectors. These leadership roles reflect Ian's broader vision: leveraging technology to solve real-world problems across the continent.
SchoolVote Kenya is proof that age is no barrier to innovation. From a high school classroom in Kericho County to serving hundreds of schools nationwide and leading multiple companies, Ian's journey shows what is possible when young Kenyans combine technical skills with a deep understanding of their community's needs.
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