Prof. Meoli Karshoda of the Kenya Education Network Trust, said most institutions still rely on local Internet service providers to get bandwidth, which he said is expensive and unreliable.
“If the institutions come together, they can negotiate to get better bandwidth at lower costs for their online teaching and learning programmes,” he said.
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Uganda sent troops to Somalia to contribute to the peace in that region and she is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Prior to the summit, an African Youth forum will be held in Entebbe from July 17 to 19. This is a good initiative by the African governments to involve young people in matters that will affect their future.
He stressed the need for the Judiciary to embrace modern technology.
“It should develop a policy on information communication technology (ICT) that will ensure timely adjudication and efficient dispensing of justice,” Odoki said.
The protocol that will become a reality on July 1, presents one of the easy to solve logistical issues through a simple standard travel document compared to the several legal and political complexities of integration.
A common market will among others allow free movement of people and labour. Uganda does not have a standard national identification system, meaning this will present the first challenge to exploiting the common market.
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The three-phase project, which was meant to be ready by now, has been mired in controversy since it started in 2006.
The cable is meant to be linked to the submarine cable that arrived at the East African coast recently and to provide faster and cheaper Internet access to Uganda.