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Speaking in Mombasa during the commissioning of an EMR system at the Port Reitz hospital, health cabinet secretary, James Macharia said ICT is the backbone for economic growth in the world.

“The ministry is making out major strides in the realization of a digital world. We have planned to set up fully functional data centre, implementing of district health information system and health workforce system,” he said.

In Summary

• Konza is connected to Mombasa, Kenya's second-largest city and the main port of entry into East Africa, by the A109 highway.
• The highway also connects Konza City to Nairobi and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Nairobi is often called ‘the green city in the sun’. The capital boasts of being a city that combines a rich legacy of culture, scenic beauty, and innovative urban development.

Today, I take you back to the much talked about national planning process of his day, the PRSP (Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper).

In those miserable years “planning” had more to do with how to extract money from the increasingly crumbling State institutions than with how to build a nation

Ruto is said to have made the statement at the opening of the 20th East African Communications Organisations Congress on Friday 28 June.

He is quoted as saying, “Our belief in ICT is of the magnitude that has never been seen anywhere in the world, an idea whose time has come, and when it has come, not even a mighty army can stand on its way.”

The Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) is reviewing its national policy guidelines.

The new rules are expected to take into account new developments in the industry over the last eight years.

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru said the review has been necessitated by rapid changes in the sector, as well as efforts to meet the ministry’s performance targets as per its 2014-15 performance contract.

The Ministry of ICT and Youth Affairs has drafted the Digital Economy Strategy.

The first draft went live a few weeks ago. It is developed following Kenya’s adoption of the Digital Economy Blueprint for Africa that was launched by President Kenyatta in May 2019.

On the whole, the Draft Digital Strategy is based on six pillars: Digital Government, Digital Business, Infrastructure, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Digital Skills and Values and Digital Inclusion.

While replying to the President's Senior Political Advisor, Nancy Gitau, on August 14 and in a letter copied to the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) Secretary General, Dr Matiang'i said in part: "I have taken note of the issues raised with respect to ICT sector and wish to reiterate that the Ministry has put in place an institutional, policy and regulatory framework that addresses most of the concerns outlined in the (Cofek) paper including universal services obligations and access to ICT's, appropriate legislation on privacy, merger of ICT institutions (establishment of the Kenya ICT Authority) to minimise duplication of roles and resources, commitment to expand broadband infrastructure, infrastructure sharing in communications services delivery, etc."

The minister said ICT will be taught from early childhood to university. The minister was speaking at Imale School in Makueni during the launchof the Multi Choice Resource Centres.

The 12.4 million voters in the registers of the IEBC’s predecessor, the Interim Independent Electoral Commission will be done away with.

The Sh3.7 billion registration programme to be undertaken through Biometric Voter Registration is the most complex since independence, and will reduce errors such as double registration.

Speaking at an education forum on ICT on Tuesday, Kenya Publishers Association Chairman Lawrence Njagi said poor infrastructure has led to slow uptake of technology.

“The ICT infrastructure has simply been inadequate and in most cases absent. We are talking about availability of power, trained teachers and machines themselves,” he lamented.

With both government and private sector involved, it is clear that we are making headway in leveraging information technology to deliver value to the citizen.

Slowly things are coming together with the right people in the right places and tremendous good will, both in government and the private sector.

Njoroge works out of iHub, a working space that hosts developers, designers and others working with technology software. It is one of the most well-known tech hubs in Africa. In just four years since its founding, the iHub has over 13,000 members in its online and off-line community, held close to 500 events and had over 50 companies calling it home.

The Kenya government on Wednesday launched a program that will transform the way the state agencies and departments deliver service to its citizens.

Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the main aim of the project is to improve the quality of life through fast tracking of delivery of public services and projects.

“The transforming the Kenya program will utilize 100 day Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) cycles as well as information technology (IT) to ensure that services promised are delivered.

He said that having computers in the classroom without trained teachers will not benefit the pupils.

“I want to assure them that technology will not replace teachers, but will add value to their practise. The Ministry is acutely aware that the success of the implementation of ICT integration programme in primary schools will depend mainly on teacher training in ICT integration skills and changing their attitude to accept change,” said Kaimenyi.

Koinange said teachers should be well-equipped in ICT to teach pupils how to use computers.

Richard Kimani, the director of ICT-based teaching and information management at Inoorero University, said he has developed and tested ICT syllabuses.

The Kiambu County Health department has designed an information system aimed at interlinking hospitals with the county digital platform.

A total of 13 level 4 hospitals and The Thika Level 5 Hospital are set to be involved in the project.

This was revealed by the Kiambu County Chief Officer for Health Steven Njuguna during the annual awarding of Thika level 5 staff at the institution

Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi has ramped up efforts to make Thika Town an industrial smart city by taking his proposal to the Senate for approval.

Flanked by a team of Kiambu leaders, Wamatangi pitched Thika as the ideal candidate to become not only the first city in the Mt Kenya region, but also a trailblazer, as its foundation is rooted in industry, innovation, and technology.

The Kiambu county government is injecting Sh10 billion towards elevation of Thika to become an industrial smart city.

In collaboration with the national administration the regional government will be allocating Sh1 billion annually for infrastructure development in support of the project which has been allocated 690 acres ceded by food processor Del Monte.

Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o has been elected to chair the newly established Africa Smart Cities Alliance (ASCA).

The announcement follows the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the County Government of Kisumu and the World Smart Cities Alliance, marking Kisumu’s formal entry into the ASCA network.