They have rolled out a new system. Yes I know, AGAIN! Unforseen faults
in the system has been a challenge

On 3/6/14, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
> A couple of many-months ago, there were two KRA techies on this list,
> although not necessarily working on those tax systems, and from my
> interactions with them, the knew their stuff pretty well.
>
> And many many many years ago, one of the guru system admins at the
> University I was learning at was poached by KRA to work at their wilson

> airport *dev* base.

>
> Based on those two flimsy observations, I would offer the opinion that they

> *may* have the skill.

>
>
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Kevin Njoroge <nknkevin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Adam,
>> Somebody ought to explain this, really, because it makes the really good
>> administrators and our profession in general, look bad.
>>
>> It is not once I have been confronted and asked to explain this. When I
>> do
>> explain what the possible causes are, I am asked, "why don't you tell
>> them
>> what to do?"
>>
>> If it is a budgetary problem, they as a department can take it up with
>> top
>> level management. But if they are to succeed, they need to build a case
>> in
>> conjunction with all the other departments, diplomatic style.
>>
>> If they don't know what to do, they need to consult from more experienced
>> guys.
>>
>> --
>> Kevin Njoroge
>> about.me/nknkevin
>>
>> On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 11:55 AM, Adam Nelson <adam@varud.com> wrote:
>>
>> That site is riddled with problems and it definitely makes the department
>> look like it's made up of rookies ... but what can you do?
>>
>>
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>> About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Kevin Njoroge <nknkevin@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > For a while I have noticed accessing kra.co.ke and iTax systems has
>> > been
>> > having issues. Although it's not as bad as it was months ago, it still
>> > happens. I figure they changed a lot of things which is commendable,
>> > but
>> I
>> > still have to ask:
>> >
>> > - Is it that they have low bandwidth on their servers such that it is
>> > difficult to access it when everybody is on it? Or is it that someone
>> > hasn't noticed that they need to increase the number of requests that
>> > the
>> > server can handle at any one time?
>> >
>> > It's funny that error 503s still happen since they (the KRA server
>> admins)
>> > should be expecting a lot traffic to their sites. Somebody break it
>> > down
>> > for me because this baffles me. Is it a budget issue (they are not
>> > being
>> > given the resources they need), a competency issue (they don't know
>> > what
>> to
>> > do) or a security issue (they are limiting requests to prevent hacking)
>> or
>> > what?
>> >
>> > Also, I think the KNEC and KPLC website and server admins should learn
>> > something from this because when a major update comes from those
>> companies,
>> > error 503 from their sites becomes the order of the day , which I
>> > think,
>> > makes them look like rookies (no offence).
>> >
>> > --
>> > Kevin Njoroge
>> > about.me/nknkevin
>> >
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