[kictanet] 2012 Budget Highlights for ICT

[Dorcas Muthoni]

*Technology, media and telecommunications*

•• The world is expected to convert from analog to digital TV by 2015 and
duty has been removed on imported converters of analogue to digital TVs.

•• Duty on imported computer software has also been removed.

•• KES 7.2 billion allocated to the ICT sector.

•• Government investing in digitization of registry records at the lands
registry and other important registries to eliminate the bottlenecks that
investors experience.

•• The government aims to consolidate the current cargo clearing system and
all the entities involved are to be consolidated into one single entity.

•• KES 480 million allocated for purchase of computers for schools.
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