The mediocrity that pervades our institutions is ridiculous How does a commissioner general comfortably display such arrogance? Are we that helpless that individuals supersede the integrity of the bureaucracy?<div><br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:21 AM, robert yawe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div><span>Interesting response from the Commissioner General, what I am unable to understand is the part of his statement that "</span><br>
KRA is only looking for a database and not a computerised system" for 1 billion shillings.</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">Before this statement he made an even more interesting one “Our approach in this respect is informed by the fact that KRA’s core
business is tax collection and not the development and maintenance of
property or other databases.” so why hasn't KRA outsourced the SIMBA system and other applications?</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">Regards<br></div><div class="im"><div> </div><div>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>
Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<br><br></div><div>Tel: <a href="tel:%2B254722511225" value="+254722511225" target="_blank">+254722511225</a>, <a href="tel:%2B254202010696" value="+254202010696" target="_blank">+254202010696</a><br>
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