2009/8/27 Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM, wesley kiriinya<kiriinya2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Seems like GOK has put info on business licenses online, and the website
> looks nice. Good move.

Great! Its nice to read it was 'developed in cooperation with
Investment Climate Advisory Services, World Bank Group'. In January
2007, at a technology meeting convened by the World Bank, I did
suggest Kenya government considers implementing something similar to
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ - good to see WB+GoK now have it.

We now need to lobby for the rapid implementation of an online public
tenders portal by Public Procurement and Oversight Authority to remove
government tenders corruption.

Appreciate PPOA's, albeit belated, reporting "Contract Awards"
http://www.ppoa.go.ke/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=47 by when
deals were concluded ages ago. An online tenders portal opens tenders
to everyone interested in bidding to participate - currently only a
handful do so...

Further it opens tenders to public scrutiny for violations of the
Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005, for example, government
departments and State Corporations tendering for "Microsoft Windows"
"Microsoft Word" "HP" and other manufacturer, product, or source -
specific items on their tenders - which is illegal as per PPDA, 2005.
And which continues to blocked-out Open Source service providers from
bidding on government tenders, and its anti-competitive...

regards,

Alex
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