Michael Cengkuru
I build disclosure and integrity systems for public spending that survive real government constraints.
What I Do
Disclosure Automation
Build systems that publish government spending data automatically. OC4IDS and OCDS compliant.
Integrity Monitoring
Automated red flag detection and anomaly signals for procurement oversight.
Open Data Platforms
Design infrastructure transparency portals that make public spending searchable and analyzable.
Featured Work
Selected Writing
The traffic light decision
Why replacing the risk score with a traffic light may be the most useful interface change in infrastructure oversight this decade, three ways it can still fail, and the one test that will tell us in 2026 whether it actually works.
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Three validations, or you have shipped a draft
On 8-9 April 2026, 143 officers from 59 Ugandan agencies stress-tested the Government Procurement Portal. What they exposed in two days reframed what 'launching' a transparency portal actually means: regulator sign-off, officer training, and data quality are three different validations, and shipping with only one of them is shipping a draft.
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What 100,000 Contracts Taught Me About Procurement Transparency
After processing 100,000 procurement contracts in Uganda, I learned that disclosure isn't transparency. Here are the patterns the data revealed and what I'd build differently today.
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