"A consultant has been selected to make a technical audit to see if government got value for money," Mr Nyombi said at a meeting to discuss Uganda's digital broadcasting migration, in Kampala yesterday. "The contractor has accepted to fill the gaps in case of any inadequacy that is detected," he added.
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Information Communication Technology minister, Ruhakana Rugunda launched the Government unified messaging and Collaboration Platform at NITA-U.
The data Centre is part of the IT infrastructure that will host key Government applications starting with secure messaging and collaboration systems.
“It is the most expensive in the ministry. We got it through a Chinese loan, but it had a difficult birth with hiccups,” said Awori at the recent handover of office to Ruhakana Rugunda.
The backbone plan that entails laying over 2,100 kilometres of fibre optic cable has had its share of scandals, from reported financial mismanagement, wrong use of equipment and local contractors who could not do quality work and some of the work had to be repeated.
The SMS and online service – all of which can be got over the mobile phone – will help members get information from anywhere, limiting the long journeys to the Fund’s office to seek clarification. To access balances through the sms platform, customers are required to type their NSSF number and send to 6773. Each SMS will cost Shs 220.
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Commissioned by Minister of Information and Communications Technology Aggrey Awori, the project aims at serving Eastern Uganda and the areas bordering Kenya.