[kictanet] ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS

Thu Jan 19 10:18:44 EAT 2017

And then there's this:-

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Treasury-budgets-to-spend-Sh7-6bn-on-IFMIS-upgrade/539546-3485734-8r7pbbz/

Ali Hussein
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> On 19 Jan 2017, at 9:52 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> Well said Dr. Ndemo,
> 
> We are yet to find a good antivirus for peopleware, herein lies the
> biggest challenge.
> 
> Regards
> 
>> On 1/19/17, Bitange Ndemo via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> I try to keep off GOK matters but let me comment on IFMIS once and for
>> all.  IFMIS is a system.  It entails software, hardware, peopleware and
>> procedures.  The absence of regular system audits means that the software
>> is interfered with.  Anyone will tell you that what is currently used as
>> IFMIS is not the original version.  There is need to know who makes
>> software changes and if the changes are noted.  Just like accounting you
>> cannot have the auditor doing the accounting work.  There must be checks
>> and balances.  On the Hardware side, it is people who switch the servers
>> off whenever you hear that the system is down.  The problem is people and
>> that what we need to deal with.  My considered opinion is to move the
>> servers elsewhere, remove the peopleware and conduct regular system
>> audits.  Perhaps Software as a service may be the best way out.  Further,
>> there must be consequences for misuse of passwords.
>> 
>> This may sound simple but there are cartels who "own" and run the entire
>> system.  So no matter what you do, you are at the mercy of their
>> imaginations.  Just ask why isn't the managed by ICT Ministry.
>> 
>> Ndemo
>> 
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Mutemi wa Kiama via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> 
>>> From my layman's point of view, IFMIS is a product GoK bought. Once you
>>> purchase a product, you must have/build the internal capacity to use it
>>> competently.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Edwin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 17 Jan 2017 23:03, "S.M. Muraya via kictanet" <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Doubt Treasury economists and accountants are well placed to provide
>>> Cyber
>>> Security :)
>>> 
>>> We need the ICT Authority to configure enterprise wide data protection
>>> (limiting theft of passwords & access to IFMIS).
>>> 
>>> In 2016, the UN ranked the UK as # 1 in providing digital services.
>>> 
>>> https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-
>>> E-Government-Survey-2016
>>> 
>>> The Government Digital Service (GDS) is part of their Cabinet Office, not
>>> their Treasury.
>>> 
>>> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/govuk-pay/govuk-pay
>>> 
>>> Their Treasury is consulted about the payment system  👆🏾  the GDS
>>> continues to build.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> SMM
>>> 
>>> *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
>>> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 9:45 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I fundamentally disagree with this assertion.
>>>> 
>>>> First,y, the role of a CIO is to support the enterprise. I have never
>>>> heard in my life of an ERP Director. This is just adding a superfluous
>>>> layer of useless bureaucracy.
>>>> 
>>>> The owner of an ERP is the business with each department taking
>>>> ownership
>>>> of their components:-
>>>> 
>>>> 1. Financials - CFO
>>>> 2. CRM (Commercial/marketing/sales)
>>>> 3. Procurement - Procurement which sometimes comes under Finance
>>>> 
>>>> Etc.
>>>> 
>>>> The CIO takes ownership to ensure that the company is well oiled to
>>>> execute on its mandate. This in my humble opinion goes beyond ERPs and
>>>> talks to aligning the Technology Strategy with the Business Strategy.
>>>> For
>>>> example in the banking sector where increasingly the more savvy banks
>>>> are
>>>> taking a 'Platform Thinking' approach. This allows partners to plug into
>>>> their core technology through APIs to enable them extend capabilities
>>>> and
>>>> hence offerings to their customers.
>>>> 
>>>> The role of a CIO has fundamentally changed to speak to the need for
>>>> using Technology as an accelerator to successful business models.
>>>> 
>>>> Secondly, I don't see how the ICT Authority would be better in managing
>>>> the monster that is IFMIS. Let them first learn the basics of
>>>> communicating
>>>> effectively with the community before taking on this elephant in the
>>>> room.
>>>> 
>>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>> *Principal*
>>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113>
>>>> 
>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>> 
>>>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>>> 
>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>>> 
>>>> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but
>>>> a
>>>> habit."  ~ Aristotle
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>> 
>>>> On 17 Jan 2017, at 6:42 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Interesting comments...
>>>> 
>>>> ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-35
>>>> 20560-5j04aq/index.html
>>>> 
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