Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

-- The computer hardware and
software are outdated hence
not operating effectively, thus
risking lack of data integrity
and suffers from availability of
both service and data backup.
The maintenance and recovery
of data from the computer
system, especially main
database, when there is a
failure, takes a lot of time.
The consequence of these
problems has been to
frequently intervene the IT
system manually to ensure
accuracy of reports which is
not a recommended IT
practice.
-- Decentralization of data
processing has also created
several problems including
data inconsistency between
head office and branches. This
has resulted in reliance on
branch data rather than
relying on head office data
pertaining to branches.
-- Absence of appropriate IT
software to handle Claims
Registers or Claims Subsidiary
Ledgers elevates the risk for
data integrity due to use of
manual recording of these
records which is prone to
human error given the volume
of claimants.
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