Raf ๐ต๐ธ
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Raf ๐ต๐ธ
@raftalks
I give instructions to machines and they do the work. Lives in Maldives.



His Excellency President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu officially inaugurated the Malรฉ Taxi Line Service at a special ceremony held tonight at Hulhumalรฉ Central Park. First Lady Madam Sajidha Mohamed, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Hon. Mohamed Ameen, Cabinet Ministers, Members of the Parliament, Managing Directors of State-Owned Enterprises graced tonightโs ceremony. Our Managing Director, DCP (Retd) Ahmed Saudee, together with senior MTCC officials also attended the ceremony. We are proud to introduce this much-needed transport service, with a strong commitment to delivering a safe, reliable and convenient mobility solution. #RayyithungeKunfuni #RayyithungeTaxi #MTCCTransport

@MTCCPlc This thing is not secure. Fix it. Can change mobile number and email with 123456 as verification code @MTCCPlc








@ayarse Deeper we look and hear, we see a possibility that control may be in the hands of a Sri Lankan working for that sole proprietorship

9 years ago, we came up with an idea to introduce an Uber-like service to the Maldives using motorcycles. We identified the problem we wanted to solve: vehicle congestion, while also giving people a chance to earn a living since they already own motorcycles. We called it Ride Maldives. We met @em_saeed and the ministry to demo the app and seek endorsement, given that the service was ready for launch with over 200 male and female drivers on our waitlist. The next day, the economic ministry released a press statement saying they were starting a new motorcycle taxi service and that companies could apply after a new regulation. We were told to apply. Transport took almost a year to draft the regulation. They took our base idea but stripped out all the safety measures we had put in place. Despite multiple attempts, they didnโt even want to meet us or get our feedback before gazetting the regulation and opening it up for services. Since it was already released, despite all our efforts to update it so we could provide a safe service to the public, the transport ministry denied it. So we decided to halt the project completely. A few months later, a company started the motorcycle service and then stopped for whatever reason. We were later asked to come to the transport ministry for a discussion, and they assured us they would change everything to fit our needs. By then, it was too late, we had already moved on to our next project: LottieFiles. Bottom line: our idea was to introduce an Uber-like motorcycle service, while the transport/economic ministries were still learning about the concept of motorcycle taxis from Thailand. Hereโs an interesting article written by Avas back then, before government meddling: avas.mv/17565


Updates: 1. Farish Hussain was recently promoted to General Manager. Congratulations and special thanks to the โPO guyโ 2. I am told Farish is the nephew of the owner of FixedMaldives. 3. As stated in my very first tweet, the app wasnโt ready for last nights ceremony. A web link was pushed instead, and even that is now down due to data leak and security concerns raised by local developers Dear Farish, You handled the tender process for this project. It was managed under your department. Only selected companies were invited to bid. Your uncleโs company, with no known app dev experience, secured the project. Multiple payments, each exceeding 2 million, were processed under your watch. Internal IT/development teams were not involved. Finance staff were not involved. Maybe all of this is just a coincidence. Maybe you had no role in any of it. Maybe someone else is responsible. But at this point, the public deserves clarity. Itโs time to speak. Please come clean and explain how this process unfolded the way it did.





Iโm told MTCC awarded a ~MVR 13 million โMaleTaxiAppโ project to a company called FixedMaldives. Key concerns being raised: - No open bidding, only selected suppliers were invited - Fixed Maldives is a sole proprietorship registered in 2022, with no listed business names, activity permits, or relevant licenses - Their services donโt indicate app development capabilities - Portfolio shows experience in hardware, cameras, and networking: not software development - Project was reportedly due for completion in November, but app remains unfinished as of yesterday - Multiple payments have already been made This is something journalists should look into, to verify the facts, clarify the procurement process, and provide transparency on the projectโs current status.



The app for "Malรฉ Taxi" is still named "mtcc_taxi" with a default Flutter description, A 13M MVR App

With that kind of money I expected them to at least go with a ready made white label solution but nooooo they tried to actually build it (horribly) from scratch? Sheeeeeesh

I assume the cyber security expert used his NID as the driver ID? Why no security audit?


@Midhuamsaud HDh. Nolhivaranfaru, Daisymaage, Ibrahim Abdulla (AXXX189) --> Ghost --> MTCC MD










