Bundibugyo District leadership has pledged to keep walking the journey of ICT promotion that was started in as far as 2011. In a meeting held on 4th December 2013at the District headquarters. The meeting chaired by Mr. Nsubuga, the Deputy CAO, was held with an objective of Discussing with the District leaders the strategy of sustaining the E-centre and jointly mobilising resources for the operations of the the E- centre starting January 2014.
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| The Deputy CAO chairing the meeting. |
While appreciating the support of RIC-NET and RWECO for the three years project that has enabled the Local Government and the citizens share reliable and timely information and mostly the District plans which have increased community ownership of the projects established by the Local Government. Participants in the meeting were the District Secretary of Finance, the Deputy CAO, District planner, District NAADs Coordinator and the District commercial officer RIC-NET team led by the Executive Director Mr. Murugahara John Silco, the program Manager, the Systems Administrator, the Documentation officer and the centre ICT o=officer.
While presenting the status of RIC-NET after 31st December 2013 when the project has closed, The Executive Director mentioned that RIC-NET will keep supporting Bundibugyo E- centre in terms of updating and hosting the District website and the E-Library, training the District staff in managing the online platforms, Maintenance of the ICT officer up to March 2014 and repair and maintenance of equipments.
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| The E.D RIC-NET presents at the Meeting |
In his closing remarks, the District secretary of finance noted that the leadership was committed to keep the centre running and among the strategies in place, an officer from the planning unit was attached to the Electronic centre for support supervision, a maintenance management plan had been drawn awaiting approval of the District council. In the long term plan the District will write and engage the public service commission for recruitment of a permanent ICT officer.
One can’t ignore to talk about the scenes and beauty found along Bundibugyo and Ntoroko Districts like the sharp escarpments, mountains, pastoralist setting, alongside the smart road. We hope that the citizens will grab as soon the Business opportunities that can flourish along this road
