USE TECHNOLOGY TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN KENYA

<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE </xml><xml> </xml> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> A spate of alleged massive looting of money in scandals such as the Eurobond, the Ministry of Health and the troubled Kenya airways should be a wake-up call for the government to embrace the use of data warehousing technology to curb such scenarios. Data warehousing technology would enable government ministries and agencies to consolidate and standardize their current and historical data and other crucial records, a move that would help quickly realize and avert cases of enormous embezzlement of funds in a bid to stop the runaway corruption.

Data warehousing technology would candidly indicate operational data within government ministries including the amount of resources allocated to the ministries each financial year and how the money was used by the ministries. The system would also provide a traceable and reliable history that would help track cases of mismanagement. If this technology had been in use at the economically hobbled Kenya Airways, the airline would still be the pride of Africa.