Edward/Listers Apologies for cross posting but I couldn't help but share Edward's comments penned in the CIO LinkedIn Group. See email thread below. Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 "Kujikwaa si kuanguka, bali ni kwenda mbele" (To stumble is not to fall but a sign of going forward) - Swahili Proverb Sent from my iPad
On Oct 11, 2013, at 4:58 PM, CIO East Africa Forum <groups-noreply@linkedin.com> wrote:
CIO East Africa Forum
#IFMIS Reloaded? Is this the silver bullet to corruption?
Hi All
My name is Edward and I have been privileged to be an IFMIS trainer i.e. via a consultancy at Treasury we were responsible to train government officials on how to use the new IFMIS system. Its basically an Oracle platform with all accounting modules i.e. GL, AR, AP, PO, CM and FA
Other than the clunky and sometimes confusing oracle interface, the technology platform is OK. Being that it's an oracle platform its able to handle quite a huge amount of traffic and data from ministerial to county levels.
Several security and control measures also exist to ensure correct procedures are followed.
Often times I would pose in class and ask these gentlemen and ladies from GoK what their opinion on corruption and the IFMIS system was and the surprising answer is that they all agreed that though the system provided a role in fighting corruption, the main agents of corruption were the officers themselves who continuously find new ways of cheating the system.
In one class I was amused when one gentleman remarked that Kenyan babies are special. So special that when they come out of their mothers womb, they already know how to be corrupt.
My conclusion to the whole bit is that there is no system smart enough to stop or eliminate corruption. Systems can only make it harder or slow down the process of corruption, but if someone is determined to be corrupt, there is no stopping them. To get rid of corruption we have to look into ourselves we as human beings, we as Kenyans, we as stakeholders of this great country and make the decisions and choices that would see us a better country far removed from this vice.
Edward Ongeso CTO Integrity Systems Ltd By Edward Ongeso
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