[kictanet] Merger of Agencies to Streamline ICT in Kenya

[Walubengo J]

I have always been a supporter of centralised information infrastructure for government services.  

Given our historical nature where ICT Board, GITS, eGovernment and each ministry and agency with its own mini-ICT budget, it has always been impossible to achieve a unified ICT objective within govt.

Imagine being the CIO of Safaricom but having Marketing, Engineering, |HR and other departments buying and running their own ICT systems that have no relation to each other = disaster.  Think Lands, Immigration, AG, Police with their own un-connected ICT budgets then you will begin to see the need to harmonize at some level - as long as you dont kill the speed at which some ministries/ depts may wish to move.

walu.



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On this note, where are we in creating legislation establishing CIO postions/roles in State Departments and Corporations?



On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:34 AM, waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com> wrote:

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