I also have friends there and was in no way insinuating tax men/women are daft. If they are that super intelligent then how do you explain the shoddy system other than a deliberate plan.
Or maybe they just don't care. Fining you for their failures is probably profitable.
On Mar 6, 2014 6:04 PM, "Peter Karunyu" <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
@Mark Mwangi, of the very few friends I have at KRA (although none is a commissioner :-), all of them have the same pattern, and that is they are VERY intelligent folks based on my standards. So, if we extrapolate to commissioners, I would assume that they too, have something between their ears.That said, I am almost certain sure that there are KRA devs on this list, although probably keeping a low profile. I am sure they know what illnesses the KRA systems suffer from, if only there was an anonymous way for them to share their information...@Adam and @Phares, over time I have noticed an interesting pattern; the best time a young techie can leave for greener pastures abroad is when they are straight out of college/university, since, at this time, they have little or no ties tying them here. But, at this time, they are probably mediocre in their chosen craft and getting a job any other place other than Kenya is pretty difficult.By the time they are good enough to work at Amazon, they will most likely have acquired ties to tie them here.The second time they will get a chance to go elsewhere is when they have become so good in their craft that any employer out there is willing to go the extra mile to accommodate the techie and his or her ties.On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:Guys follow the money. Any of these systems locally made? Anyone personally know someone implementing and/or worked on it? Do we know how much was spent on it?I suspect a cycle at work here. Deliver horrible performance on the launch of a new system. Blame everything but yourselves for the failure and promptly replace the IT lead after ignoring his spec requirements. Replace him with someone else as you lead the search for 'better' software. The commissioners are easily muddled by tech jargon and since they don't have to present returns on investment, the matter is pushed to the next financial year/Govt coming in.On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:59 PM, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:I have no clue why they keep changing systems when clearly They are
not conveniencing anybody even the staff! Budgetary constraints might
be the issue which is pathetic like three days ago i was at their
community offices, work was at standstill
On 3/6/14, Peter Muchemi <pmuchemi@gmail.com> wrote:
> A few years ago, they put an ad in the papers requesting management
> trainees for all courses except IT related!
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> @Sinja, what happened to the system they acquired from... was it Chile?
>> On Mar 6, 2014 1:33 PM, "Adam Nelson" <adam@varud.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The problem is that 3 smart people is not enough. An organization that
>>> size probably needs 20 smart people, and a budget for supplies, and
>>> support
>>> from the rest of the organization, and smart people in every other
>>> department so they can get stuff done within the bureaucracy.
>>>
>>> I'm sure it's not just a technical deficiency, but more like a
>>> budget/organizational problem.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io