The call was made by I-network, an ICT based organization while launched the e-governance project. The project piloted in Apac district is helping local people and leaders to use ICTs to improve on governance and public accountability.
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Government officials from Zambia, Namibia, Malawi and Tanzania have been to Uganda to see for themselves what the country is doing, with the aim of using the Ugandan experience as a blueprint for their respective countries.
The programme is organised by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Stanbic Bank and US-based companies that manufacture Tropix and Founder computer brands.
Over 300,000 laptops will be loaned to civil servants to promote e-government (electronic government).
Sometime this month, Uganda's Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), together with Chinese technology company Huawei, will launch the first phase of the national data backbone, which has cost some US$30 million. The fiber-optic cable interconnects government institutions and departments with the aim of reducing spending on public administration.
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Is the Uganda government set to become an efficient deliverer of services to the 28 million Ugandans out there? At least this is what the nationals are supposed to believe if the benefits that accrue from the completion of the first phase of the National Data Backbone is anything to go by. The government has said that it will now be possible for the different ministries, government departments and agencies to hold meetings on videoconference calls; that the president will now be in a position to address parliament or cabinet on a video call.