Hi, How come no one has made any comments on the downtime of KRA? REgards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
you mean it is still down? Not good for them with the rumours circulating around that they got hacked.
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 14:18, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
you mean it is still down? Not good for them with the rumours circulating around that they got hacked.
I read in the papers that the problem had been rectified. There is one harm they are doing to themselves though - not revealing what caused the down time and how they mitigated it. It will only add more fuel to the fire - that they got hacked! Now, if someone hacks the KRA system, it means so much damage can be done. Useful information can be erased by some fellows intent on tax evasion or to erase evidence on ... you know? Robert asked why no one has made any comments on the KRA downtime. I must have seen some comments across at skunkworks. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 14:11, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi,
How come no one has made any comments on the downtime of KRA?
Hi Robert, See this: http://orion.my.co.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/2011-May/047974.html - that is the only one I got to see. However, I don't subscribe to many other forums where this would have been supposedly discussed so I am green. It would appear to me that no one is interested in KRA issues or just the tech community in KE don't give a damn about anything unless they are affected, and can feel it. Even though there was a mention of the downtime in the press, trust me - what was important for me was that it was restored. No one loves the taxman! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
maybe the lack of comments shows that people are nor surprised that the site went down, nothing out of the normal.
"How come no one has made any comments on the downtime of KRA " This is Probably because the Govt collects SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS of hard working Kenyan Tax Payers REVENUE and has managed not to account for 714 BILLION Kenya Shillings in a 2 year period. In this respect, why should anyone care? Regards, Mandhi Singh Sehmi @ the MOBILE OFFICE -----Original Message----- From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> Sender: kictanet-bounces+mandhis=gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 14:50:47 To: <mandhis@gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] The KRA Issue _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mandhis%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Please note that the Simba system is more than just a web site its the heart of our revenue collection system and for it to go down for 3 days is an issue of grave concern to those of us in the ICT field foremost and the nation in general. If KRA's systems can go down yet they literacy have a blank cheque for system or what do we expect from our profit driven institutions? KRA needs to have 2 or 3 disaster recovery locations spread around the country with automated fail-over, so imagine if the same is the case with the immigration and other sensitive departments that hold our vital data, it seems we have all forgotten about WikiLeaks. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: MandhiSinghSehmi <mandhis@gmail.com> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Mon, 16 May, 2011 15:58:24 Subject: Re: [kictanet] The KRA Issue "How come no one has made any comments on the downtime of KRA " This is Probably because the Govt collects SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS of hard working Kenyan Tax Payers REVENUE and has managed not to account for 714 BILLION Kenya Shillings in a 2 year period. In this respect, why should anyone care? Regards, Mandhi Singh Sehmi @ the MOBILE OFFICE -----Original Message----- From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> Sender: kictanet-bounces+mandhis=gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 14:50:47 To: <mandhis@gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] The KRA Issue _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mandhis%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.u... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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