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Actually Bill I think that this is just a clear and perfect example (or expression) of the dire need for standards in Govt implementation of ICT projects as well as coordination across departments.<div><br></div><div>Since both of us are techies - we know that integration between system no matter the origin or the language/database/message formats is simply a matter of a deliberate integration process. Clearly that is missing in this picture - and rather than deal with the real problem, the actors have resorted to finger pointing/blame game and all the other forms of unhelpful and time-wasting bureacracy that plague large institutions like governments (as well as many corporates). I can assure that if there was commitment to process and deliverables from the top down to the bottom, these issues could have/would have been sorted ages ago.</div><div><br></div><div>Our "Waafrika" problem is that when faced with challenges we'd rather tear each other down than face the problems head on and (together) tear them down.</div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 25, 2008, at 10:04 PM, Bill Kagai wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br>I am watching news in awe where they are reporting that Kenya Ports Authority has deployed a Korean piece of software (Kwatos) to ease turn-around at the Port but now its not working well with the Kenya Revenue Authority software from Chile (Simba). Ofcourse both cost billions.<br> <br>As the spanish-speaking chileans 'haga el informe con los otros extranjeros' with the Koreans to '소프트웨어를 저희를 위해 일한' , sisi wakenya tunangoja kusaidiwa. Mwafrika anajimaliza mwenyewe...as Baba Gideon would say. <<a href="http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt">http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt</a>><br> <br>The result according to one Mureithi of Kenya Shipping Associations is that port has now become a 'store' rather than a 'door' taking ages (14 days instead of 3 days) to clear goods because of the software conflict. Here be dragons...is this a kictanet sized problem...or do we just watch and comment later in another study on this discussion forum????<br> <br>Time for an ICT Commission of Inquiry ??? <br><br>Bill Kagai<br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">kictanet mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This message was sent to: <a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/brian%40caret.net">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/brian%40caret.net</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>