Just saying that I am impressed when I see a RFP which has very
clear, realistic, and measurable requirements on scalability and
response time.
Unfortunately that rarely happens.
..
Mike
On 6/25/15 3:17 PM, George Irungu wrote:
Still,
for a project of this magnitude, I expect there were highly
skilled consultants who definitely billed millions to help
come up with the project requirements and deliverables. And
this not being the first system that KRA has implemented, by
now they should have gotten good or at least better at this.
We have gotten used to KRA issues that happen around this
time, every year, like clockwork.
I agree with Riyaz it's most likely a
software/application problem.
From the sideline my guess would be that the "real" problem
is that KRA forgot to put performance-requirements into the
RFP - and probably forgot to require a real-life simulated
load-test (those are not that easy to do).
From a procurement point of view it's "easy" to forget these
things, and I know of countless or systems in Europe that
are build/tendered the same way. But still KRA being the
most "advanced" in public digital adoption should have the
experience to remember it.
..
Mike
On 6/25/15 7:54 AM, Riyaz Bachani via skunkworks wrote:
They definitely can. And we've got
capacity today to launch 1000s of servers at Angani. And
we've already built redundancy in (multiple datacenter).
Waiting for the call ... :)
But I think the problem may be
deeper. It can't be just the fronted servers. You have
to look at the application itself - is the fronted web
service able to handle lots of load, is the DB able to
handle lots of connections & transactions, and is
all the code optimized properly. a small 4 GB VM can
handle a LOT of requests, if optimized right, and using
the right stack.
I read only about 1.3m individuals
have registered for iTax. That's small, and easily
handled technically. However, I think we have a long way
to go in internet services adoption if we can only
penetrate to that level.
Some
of the cloud service providers
are just some crude students
creating a cloudlike environment
and exposing on public IP. We
need to tighten our policies
when it comes to data security.
Trust me the next wolrd war will
be a cyberwar.
Another
year another
system (http://itax.kra.go.ke/)
made by the
Kenyan
government
can't handle a
spike in
traffic
despite having
full knowledge
of last minute
rush by
taxpayers like
me.
I thought this is something Angani or Amazon Web
Services can
handle?
@Wanjau,it
means the tax
arising from
your declared
taxable pay
(the auto
calculated by
excel macros)
is more than
your deducted
PAYE by 251.
Indeed you
will have to
pay the
balance or
unless you
have not
adjusted your
insurance
reliefs
appropriately.
If
you key in
your PIN (not
username) on
the home page
and have not
registered
before, it
should give
you the chance
for new
registration..
Regards
On
Thu, Jun 11,
2015 at 4:26
PM, Margaret
Mwenjera via
skunkworks
<skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
wrote:
Hi all,
Hope this finds you well.
Someone please save the day.
I
would like to
file my
returns
online,
however when I
access https://itax.kra.go.ke/
I am required
to enter the
password to
continue, but
i have never
registered
online.
Unfortunately,
i am not
getting the
tab to request
for a
password, how
do i get it.