The computer misuse Act is to be used in guiding the public on using this new technology as a means of communication without any sabotage on government, misleading or exposing the public to pornographic information.
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According to Monitor, the team from South Korea's National IT Promotion Agency (NIPA) is in Uganda to prepare for the project. The experts have held a meeting with the National Information Technology Authority - Uganda (NITA-U) officials in Kampala, where they shared knowledge on how to implement e-governance.
Read more: South Korean IT agency helps Uganda form e-govt plan
The e-toolkits are online collections which contain useful and reliable health information to promote health.
The Chief of Party Health communication Partnership, Cheryl Lettenmaier says the eight e-toolkits contain information and communication resources to support public health education in areas of Pediatric HIV, Family Planning, and HIV care and treatment couple counseling among others.
Read more: UG: Government and USAID project launch e-health toolkits
This is in collaboration with South Korea, which will offer technical assistance to develop a comprehensive ICT master plan for Uganda, covering and integrating the economy and a feasibility study on ICT priority areas.
E-government refers to the use of the Internet to deliver government information and services to citizens.
Armando Angulibo, Training Coordinator commented on the exercise saying it was projected towards community empowering through the use of ICT.
The training took 10 days where a total of 200 people in Arua municipality acquired skills in ICT such as networking, internet, hardware and management of ICT amenities.