On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Odhiambo Washington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 14:51, S.Murigi Muraya <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:murigi.muraya@gmail.com" target="_blank">murigi.muraya@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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First, ALL government departments / state corporations should openly LIST all their contractors / consultants.. including those managing / deploying their messaging and workflow (enterprise web) systems.<br></blockquote>
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<br>Perhaps you are not referring to the Kenya govt!<br>However, when you narrowed down to "...including those managing/deploying their messaging.." then that would have some semblance of reality, because I hear there is something called Govt ICT Directorate (or some closely relevant name). In my own opinion though, I seriously doubt whether there is a central coordination body for govt ICT. The problem with govt is bureaucracy (red tape). Having that body coordinating each and every govt ICT project would be disastrous in Kenya. I'd let such a body formulate the overall policies and let the various branches of govt implement the projects by adhering to such policies. However, I'd also love to know how Western govts do this.. Anyone? <br>
<br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"><br>My own view is that we should help whoever gets government contracts... not demonize or harass them.<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br>We should help who??? How??? I did not already see any harassment/demonization of anyone but I think what you've suggested is a bit far fetched, unless you specify how "we should help" them.<br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">We need information friendly web sites -- that is search engine friendly sites -- revealing who is doing what for each particular government department. Every major department has a website / domain.<br>
<br><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201010180046.html">http://allafrica.com/stories/201010180046.html</a><br><br>Sooner or later Kenyan individuals and organizations will sue public officials who do not cooperate or provide leadership in the deployment of information systems.. in providing access to information. If the IT supplier was incompetent then the Government Department / State Corporation should prove it in court. The IT supplier could also prove public officials refused to cooperate / disabled their work. Public officers / departments should have WORKING e-mail addresses. They should not be able to deny in a court of law about not being informed about what needed to be done to get information systems working.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
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<br>Our government pursued a PHP / Joomla CMS strategy.. Not bad in itself but most PHP web developers in Kenya give up their craft (2-3 years) sooner than developers working on better paying Enterprise jobs / projects. Not easy to find good (experienced) PHP devs willing to compete with school leavers for low wages to improve <a href="http://go.ke" target="_blank">go.ke</a> (php) sites.<br>
<br></blockquote></div><div><br>@Murigi, I must ask you this: What is your source of this information - that the govt pursued a PHP/Joomla CMS strategy? You seem to say that using Joomla as CMS was a govt decision. Why then, would our KRA use Windows/ASP?<br>
<br><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">The E-Gov Directorate can deny the PHP / Joomla CMS strategy if it does not exist. It is not a bad one. They just need to outsource the work to firms that can push it better than those tasked with it currently.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Serikali sites primarily run on Linux... <a href="http://transport.go.ke/welcome/index.html">http://transport.go.ke/welcome/index.html</a></span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><a href="http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.oracle.general/11844">http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.oracle.general/11844</a></span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> <br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>I hope my comments/questions don't make this post lose the purpose for which it was originated. <br>
</div></div><div><div></div><div><br>-- <br>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>
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