Posted on July 20, 2008 by nairobichronicle
As Kenya finally starts to embrace e-government, officials at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) seem to have discovered a new loophole for siphoning pension funds by over-doing computer projects.
The NSSF has spent hundreds of millions on computer servers, hardware and software upgrades with little to show for it. In many cases, information technology (IT) [...]
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Posted on July 20, 2008 by nairobichronicle
Increased theft of electricity and telephone cables is a threat to economic development even as it reaches new depths of impunity with law enforcers watching helplessly.
Last week, a major electricity transmission line linking Nairobi with Mombasa was brought down by vandals at the coast. A report by the Standard newspaper says the thieves brought down [...]
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