[kictanet] Kenya Bureau of Statistics Advertises For Tenders For Free Adobe Reader...

Ngigi Waithaka ngigi at at.co.ke
Mon Feb 17 15:04:38 EAT 2014


The sad question is, where is KICTAuthority in all this? The whole point of
centralizing ICT is to ensure such procurement decisions do not pass, and
proper guideline or advice given.




On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 3:01 PM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:

> Adam,
>
> The Sh1000 is for you to get the "Bid" documents not for installing Adobe.
>
> James
>
>
>  On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:
>
>>  This is for provisioning, not the license.
>>
>> It's not totally unreasonable to charge 1k to install a piece of software
>> if it's done professionally and at scale.
>>
>>  One would hope that provisioning is happening via an image and people
>> aren't installing software individually on computers one at a time.
>>
>>
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>>
>> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Josy Ngatia <josyveros at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I Second you on this....!
>>>
>>> It's very discouraging. Unless there was typo of the service description
>>> from Adobe professional to Adobe reader..! Then the service is request is
>>> wanting
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Michael Bullut <main at kipsang.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings Listers,
>>>>
>>>> I don't know how corruption smells but this looks like it! Read the
>>>> article *here.
>>>> <http://nairobiwire.com/2014/02/kenya-bureau-statistics-advertises-tenders-free-adobe-reader-corruption.html>*
>>>>
>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>
>>>> Michael Bullut.
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