Dont fool us old man! Some of us are well versed in what exactly was happening! Nothing to do with the technology itself but the insiders who created bogus system super user accounts to siphon money out of govt coffers!! Such people can do the same to any system regardless of its robustness!! Insider threat is real bwana and no amount of technology (on its own) will prevent another cashgate from happening!! What you need to do instead, mr old man, is to fast track ALL cashgate cases and impose very strict punitive measures (even death by the firing squad).… Read more »

It is not really, at the end of the day, how good the software is. I do not think a system can be totally bullet-proof. It all boils down to the measures in place to make sure there are no loop-holes in the whole chain. Software on the other hand just helps automate the processing and tracking of transactions. Are the companies local or international? Could getting it custom developed make it more secure perhaps? So that ‘security’ features can be added as required? 1. Local development could have offered employment for a local company and software developers i.e. if… Read more »

We have heard so much frm the Finance Minister, i dont knw if all what he has said in the August House and out side that house are to be implemented

Any accounting software including ERPs like SAP, Oracle are as reliable as the integrity of the users. If the users decide to collude especially with the one with Administrators right, then nothing can stop them in looting.

Don’t tell us lies Gondwe… We know that you have already procured another system and actually you have frozen the whole IT Government Department (e-government) because that lomwe woman who was heading it has be given a position to oversee the procurement and deployment of your preferred IFMIS which your lomwe government will master and manipulate at will. Not all of us are stupid… Reforms my foot, sell-outs with your VP.