[UgaBYTES] Uganda government to launch Web portal

[Iyamuremye Betty]

The government of Uganda will soon have a statewide Web portal that will
consolidate the individual Web sites of various government institutions.

"It will be a gateway to all government institutions, a one-stop center for
all government information," Ambrose Ruyooka, Uganda's acting commissioner
of IT, said in an interview.

The portal, which was commissioned by the Ministry of ICT, will also
incorporate the government ministries, departments and agencies that do not
maintain Web sites at this time.

As a means of sharing information, the portal will provide links to all
government sites and will give way to e-government services, Ruyooka
explained.

The Ministry of ICT has received a draft of the portal from the developer,
Uganda Web Pages, and will seek comments from the general public soon, he
said.

A team drawn from the ministry and the Uganda Media Centre will provide and
manage content for the portal.

The new portal will take on the tasks of a private set up by Uganda Web
Pages, which has become one of the country's main online resources.

Critics of statewide government Web portals have argued that the technology
is not sophisticated enough to meet the needs of multiple agencies.


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Betty Iyamuremye
Community Content Facilitator
UgaBYTES Initiative
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Email: biyamuremye at ugabytes.org
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