Uganda’s online service index has improved from 50% in 2016 to 57% in 2018 which puts the country in high online service index bracket. This is according to the United Nations E-Government survey 2018.
The Online Services Index is a component of the E-Government Development Index(EGDI) which is a composite indicator measuring the use of ICTs by Governments in delivering public services at the national level. It examines how digital technologies and innovations are impacting the public sector and changing people’s everyday lives.
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President Museveni has given Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL) ‘unlimited access’ to national optic fibre backbone infrastructure network and ordered for immediate cancelation of a multi-billion ‘unfavourable’ Internet contract government officials signed with Soliton Telmec, a Kenyan company.
The President, who chaired the Cabinet meeting on Monday, said he was the one who went to China to negotiate the Shs300b loan for the National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure and e-Government Infrastructure (NBI/EGI) project.
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Uganda is preparing to launch an e-government procurement (e-Gp) system with the first round of training hosted today by the system contractor at the offices of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance.
The pilot programme is scheduled for rollout in July 2018 and is expected to make the process of public procurement more efficient, transparent and accountable.
Cabinet has approved the proposed principles for the amendment of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2011 and the Bills of Exchange Act, Cap 68.
Addressing journalists at the Media Centre in Kampala today, minister for Information and National Guidance, Frank Tumwebaaze, said that the amendments will improve efficiency and effectiveness in the country’s financial service delivery.
President Yoweri Museveni has been sucked into an on-going internet deal war between his cabinet ministers and some government agencies.
In a January 8, 2018 letter, Museveni ordered all government ministries and agencies to henceforth procure all their internet services from the highly indebted Uganda Telecom (UTL).
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