@tycho - One of my favourite quotes from the second link above is

That is exactly where @alma is coming from. Has anyone on this thread supported running of BI on analogue framework.

You come up up with an idea or way forward first. We do feasibility study - technical, financial, social etc. If we buy the idea, we come up with requirements - technical, financial, human capital etc., a plan - time, what is to be done when etc.

But you can never buy hardware, software etc. with deciding what it is you want to do with them.

The government has to decide if they want to use BI in crime prevention and fighting and then we can move forward from there.

The government is data rich but information poor!

What you are talking about is data. To get actionable information and intelligence you need analytics. Period. We are in the era of Big Data. Too much data is collected about us but it is basically useless because it is too much a human being cannot analyze it to derive insight even when the suspect has already been identified.

@alma, Maich and all; terrorism isn't a technological problem. It is a political problem.

Think of Snowden. Where's he? He's under Russian protection. Who are the Russians? Saints?

Don't forget that the monster- Leviathan protects you through terror. And what else follows? The monster motivates you using fear. The only time terrorism can be subdued or even defeated is when our political foundations preclude fear. When Leviathan is no more.

Interestingly, a world without Leviathan isn't only possible and feasible now, but also includes most of these technologies and strategies you've mentioned. Anyway these technologies don't need our permission to happen. They are happening by themselves.

So without contradicting what you're proposing, let me add that the President should lead in widespread political reform that will seek new solutions to our perennial political problems since independence using technology.

Right now, in my opinion, Kenya is still psychologically in the sixties, and this I believe, has contributed to global terrorism. For example, terrorism has been fed by radicalized youth who are the victims of this stagnation as a State. Social mobility is too restrictive. The country is too rigid. Make it more flexible and everything will change.

Is technology the only solution to our security problem?NO
The government should have solutions based on the below parameters:
a)Political
b)Economic
c)Social
d)Technological
e)Environmental
f)Legal.
The solutions should be coordinated to provide longterm solutions to our security.
Some government department have made great strides in automating the processes.For instance clearance of cargo is done in Nairobi to curb corruption.
There is also sharing of information within different departments like HELB,KRA,RBA,CBK and Credit reference bureau.
Unfortunately some of the government departments are still very manual making it difficult to make sense out of the data they have.
We need to start by converting all the hard copy information into soft copy.Of course proper scoping and implementation needs to be done to ensure the systems meets the requirements of these departments.
There should be a central server and all police stations should have computers which will act as terminal servers.
The government should partner with oracle,IBM or microsoft to get good databases to store this information.
They should also employ good IT professionals to manage their systems.