[kictanet] Companies registry website cost 62 million, cant even search….

Mon May 14 12:36:49 EAT 2012

Dorcas/listers

I am not on this forum in my capacity as a shareholder in 3mice. In any
case this is duly declared. What I will do is give a general perspective
about how website development as I have experienced it.

we tend to see many website projects where once the original deployment is
done, there is no contractual engagement on maintenance. Often times the
team approach of the original website agency is lost when the site is left
to just one technical maintenance chap within the website owner
organization. Too much emphasis on getting the original website well
designed, little emphasis on keeping it well maintained.

I have now come to appreciate that with the public sector, in particular,
the challenge may be with the budgeting process and procurement process. We
certainly face the same challenges at the ICT Board with our own website
maintainance.  Ideally one  needs to retain a team who can maintain both
design  and technology aspects as technology evolves. Some companies do it
well other struggle and therefore certain design aspects struggle.

Website development has generally been seen as a simple low cost end of the
technology business. This is changing as this discussion thread indicates.
How is it that Facebook is worth 100Bn USD?

Asante

Paul Kukubo
CEO.

On Monday, May 14, 2012, Dorcas Muthoni wrote:

> So, what was the *purpose* of these menu options
>
>    1.
>    http://www.attorney-general.go.ke/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=387
>    2.
>    http://www.attorney-general.go.ke/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=386
>
>
> when you worked on the GJLOS project in 2006 or 2007.
>
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo at ict.go.ke<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'pkukubo at ict.go.ke');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Listers/ Andrea
>>
>> The Company registry project in question refers to the work the Kenya ICT
>> Board contracted out for the conversion of paper records into digital
>> files. There is another process taking place now to create a system to
>> search and display records. Eventually this will be linked to the website
>> and SMS.
>>
>> The website existed prior to that and was cotracted out through a 2006 or
>> 2007 tender by GJLOS program. Kenya ICT Board was not involved in the web
>> development project.
>>
>> Regards
>> Paul Kukubo
>> Kenya ICT Board.
>>
>>
>> On Friday, May 11, 2012, Andrea Bohnstedt wrote:
>>
>> This is baffling to me. I'm not a tech person, so it's well possibly that
>> I'm not tech literate enough, but I checked out the website (
>> http://www.attorney-general.go.ke/data/) and ... umm, does the 'company
>> registry' actually do anything?
>>
>> Also, has the ownership of 3Mice changed or is there a conflict of
>> interest?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11 May 2012 01:08, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2012/05/companies-registry-website-cost-62-million-cant-even-search/
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