[kictanet] KES 15.6 Billion Allocated to ICT

Fri Apr 8 23:32:49 EAT 2022

@Barrack Otieno <Otieno.barrack at gmail.com> a subset of Finance?? After
COVID-19 or is it during?
Anyway, as @James has said , its about laying the infrastructure , then
others will follow in the next Budget.

Kind regards,

*'Chance Favors the prepared mind'* - Louis Pasteur

On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 7:31 AM Barrack Otieno via KICTANet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> @Mwendwa Kivuva <kivuva at kictanet.or.ke> looks like ICT is still
> considered a subset of Finance, we are slowly slipping back to analogue.
> The fact that we are still experiencing lines in places where we have
> automated functions says a lot.
>
> Regards
>
> Regards
>
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2022, 5:57 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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