[kictanet] KISERO: Kenya’s corruption tsars have perfected looting through Ifmis - Daily Nation

Tue Jan 10 10:47:50 EAT 2017

Sometimes I think IFMIS (the Kenyan one)  was deliberately designed for
exactly what it is being used for!

On 9 January 2017 at 15:45, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Monday blessings!
>
> In a town known as VAJAIBU each week, three superpower hydroplanes crash
> with guarantee, leaving fatalities of the spectating fans as balls of fire
> spiral freely for miles over the land.
> The professional riders on board as part of their safety measures have an
> inflammable hydro-ball that insulates them in the event of any impact.
> Which means, the next day they carry on their act on another ride.
> As expected, the turnout at the spectacular shows has dwindled as more and
> more spectators opt to go for the canoe rowers shows in the neighboring
> town. Surprisingly, the professional riders have been crying foul as the
> gate collections dwindle.
>
>
>
> This must be an opportunity for the professionals. Tainting of one part of
> how a system works has an effect on the rest, breeding suspicion. From
> immigration registers, money transfer, banking, healthcare records - major
> ICT users, whether public or private, it means that there must be leaks all
> over of citizen funds and records. Not to mention the Internet of Things
> which we do not even have a measure of its extensiveness.
>
> Why question the call for manual systems - this is one big example where
> tech seems to be designed to "work not for good" yet keeps being drummed
> down the citizens as the panacea for economic integrity.
>
>
> Blessed day.
>
> Regards/Wangari
>
> ---
> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored
> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on
> Earth".
>
>
> On Monday, 9 January 2017, 8:11, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Baiju and colleagues,
>
> Reading your comments, the main challenge is ethics and integrity. We
> have to address it even if it affects all of us. We are not short of
> qualified project management experts, Software Analysts and Designers
> as well as System Engineers.  We are not short of industry lobby
> groups as well, we are short on ethics and integrity.
>
> Regards
>
> On 1/9/17, Baiju Shah via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Well now ok about the issues with the IFMIS, can we focus on building a
> > better pool of business system analyst, solution design, quality
> assurance
> > and project management. These are the key skills missing from the ICT
> > sector, furthermore let's not blame the customer as we all lack a little
> or
> > any amount of ethics... In reality please look at yourselves in the
> mirror
> > and reflect when and where you individually have taken short cuts or
> came up
> > with lame reasons for non delivery. Have created issues for fellow
> > professionals who have won a project on merit. It my prayer that we get
> out
> > stakeholder management sorted and develop a proper lobby group that is
> given
> > a representation on the government projects to provide quality assurance
> and
> > assure the delivery of the project in line with the vision, mission and
> > scope signed off by the key stakeholders. Further provide advice on the
> > Correctness of the scope which requires industry expertise per vertical.
> > Therefore, my challenge to the group is what are we doing to align the
> > technology with the business needs?
> >
> > Thanks and have a good week,
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Baiju
> >
> >> On 9 Jan 2017, at 05:29, Alex Watila via kictanet
> >> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> >>
> >> good morning,
> >> IFMIS is in the news again
> >>
> >>
> >> State audit finds serious loopholes in Ifmis system  - Daily Nation
> >> https://t.co/4dPksjnJBT
> >>
> >> https://twitter.com/dailynation/status/818261005935448064
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3 Dec 2016 12:08, "S.M. Muraya via kictanet"
> >> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> >> Ngigi,
> >>
> >> Nothing less than Multi Factor authentication is required in Kenya.
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication
> >>
> >> Negligence needs to be penalized (we know, in Kenya, prosecution never
> >> succeeds where looting succeeds).
> >>
> >> This includes negligence of local talent, not just theft. Kickbacks are
> >> often deposited (invested) abroad. As such, foreign firms will always be
> >> favored by crooked officials. Developed nations penalize bribery because
> >> it compromises national pysche, skills and service delivery levels.
> >>
> >> EACC should also look for good examples to publicize.
> >>
> >> Public officials, organizations, who/which over a 24 month period, have
> >> sourced and provided MANNED (conversation recording) hotlines, e-mail
> >> addresses, feedback portals and CRM's to measure, and promptly provide
> >> citizen services.
> >>
> >> Crooked officials have no problem with payment systems (which increase
> the
> >> funds they collect), but they neglect systems which measure, expose
> >> service delivery levels.
> >>
> >>
> >> SMM
> >>
> >> "Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
> >> who takes a city." Prov 16:32
> >>
> >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet
> >> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> >> Ali,
> >>
> >> It's also time to put‎ professional blame squarely where it lies.
> >>
> >> Any system tasked with moving *huge* sums of money and that does not
> come
> >> with at least Two-Factor authentication be *default* is either:
> >> 1. A very, very bad implementation
> >> 2. ‎Intentionally left unsecure to allow looting.
> >>
> >> Blaming users & ethics in our users is just looking for  scapegoats.
> >> Citibank, Stanchart & other Financial Institutions do not rely on user
> >> ethics when using their online banking platforms. You key in your
> >> password, for every transaction, you confirm using your 2FA Code,
> ensuring
> >> it's only you, or someone you gave your physical 2FA card that can
> >> authenticate that transaction.
> >>
> >> And that's before you put in anti-laundering functionality, which should
> >> catch most of those transactions dead in their tracks if well
> implemented.
> >> E.g before payment of sums above KSH 100m cross-check on company
> >> registration date, if less than 1 year, flag! Common addresses,
> Directors
> >> btn different firms.
> >>
> >> ‎Online payments in Kenya have been with us since the early 2000s, why
> is
> >> it we've never heard complaints from the Banks that billions are being
> >> lost through basic identity fraud similar to IFMIS.
> >>
> >> Don't blame the Kenyan people, blame lies squarely with the Systems we
> >> have put in place.
> >>
> >> Waithaka Ngigi
> >>
> >> Alliance Technologies
> >> www.at.co.ke
> >> From: Ali Hussein via kictanet
> >> Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 5:33 AM
> >> To: Ngigi Waithaka
> >> Reply To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> >> Cc: Ali Hussein
> >> Subject: [kictanet] KISERO: Kenya’s corruption tsars have perfected
> >> looting through Ifmis - Daily Nation
> >>
> >> Listers
> >>
> >> Related to to the discussion of 'reigning in' quacks in the ICT Sector
> how
> >> do you explain the fiasco that is IFMIS?
> >>
> >> Except from the article:-
> >>
> >> In theory, the Ifmis system we have is based on Oracle E-Business Suite,
> >> an accounting package developed by Oracle of the USA. In reality, what
> is
> >> in place is a product of conspiracies between crafty government
> officials
> >> and local rent-seeking software merchants.
> >>
> >> Through highly inflated and ill-conceived customisation and
> re-engineering
> >> projects, the merchants have colluded with public officials to create a
> >> mongrel of the original Oracle E-Business Suite.
> >>
> >> This is the system at the heart of corruption in the public sector.
> >>
> >> http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenya-corruption-tsars-
> have-perfected-looting-through-Ifmis/440808-3469632-kg5rbv/
> >>
> >> So if we were to talk this discussion a step further:-
> >>
> >> 1. The customization of an Oracle E-Business Suite cannot be done by a
> >> 'quack' who isn't a Certified Oracle Software Engineer.
> >>
> >> 2. The customization must be approved by the client and mapped with the
> >> business processes mutually agreed by the vendor and the customer. In
> this
> >> case the government.
> >>
> >> A pig is a pig even if you apply lipstick on it. Let's call this what it
> >> is - Corruption. Period. Perpetuated in this case by the client and
> using
> >> qualified IT Professionals. We in the industry must call out the ones
> who
> >> collude to fleece this country instead of chasing a red herring in the
> >> name of 'quacks'!
> >>
> >> Ali Hussein
> >> Principal
> >> Hussein & Associates
> >> +254 0713 601113
> >>
> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim
> >> Skype: abu-jomo
> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
> >>
> >>
> >> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
> >> what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>
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