[UgaBYTES] Uganda government to launch Web portal

[Lillian Nalwoga]

Interesting news Betty. I can't wait to see how it looks. I can imagine
Ugandans being able to access all government info from one portal. This is a
good initiative.

I hope it doesn't end up like the sorry district websites and the Ministry
of ICT websites, which are never updated!

Lillian

On 9/15/08, Iyamuremye Betty <biyamuremye at ugabytes.org> wrote:
>
> 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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