[kictanet] KES 15.6 Billion Allocated to ICT

[James Mbugua]

Mwendwa,

It looks like infrastructure spend. For that we should look to the
development budget for a percentage calculation. 3.3T has recurrent
expenditure and debt service.

Regards,

James

On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 6:07 PM Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Are you sure David that the national ICT budget was 15.6B out of
> 3.31Trillion? Because that would be pure sorcery. That is an invisible
> 0.471% of the budget.
>
> And how much does ICT contribute to the GDP?  Between 8% and 15% depending
> on who you ask. Is ICT sector in Sub Saharan Africa the cow we are eager to
> milk without feeding
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2022, 16:32 David Indeje via KICTANet, <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Listers,
>>
>> Kenya’s Finance Minister Presented a KSh3.31 trillion Budget for
>> FY2022/23.
>> Key to note, he said the ICT sector is key as it has the potential to
>> accelerate economic recovery and improve livelihood.
>>
>> As a result, the ICT sector was allocated KES 15.6 billion.
>>
>> How it was split:
>>
>>    1. KES 620 Mn for govt shared services
>>    2. Konza Data Center - KES 5.2 Bn for Infrastructure development and
>>    KES 3.8 Bn for the development of the data center.
>>    3. KES 2.7 Bn maintenance of last-mile connectivity
>>    4. KES 2.2 Bn National Optic Fibre Backbone (NOFBI) Phase 2
>>    5. KES 1.4 Bn  Eldoret-Nakodok fibre optic cable
>>
>> *Kind Regards,*
>>
>>
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