[UgaBYTES] Internet to unite Members of Parliament and Governments in Africa

[Sandra Nassali]

An Internet service linking African parliaments will be created to enable
MPs around the continent to share oversight experiences and views on matters
of governance, noted Dr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour, speaker of the Egyptian
Parliament.

Sorour was attending the first African Parliamentary Speakers' Conference,
organised by the Pan- African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, Johannesburg,
last week.

The service will facilitate synergies of policies between parliaments, which
are essential to build confidence among MPs and reinforce the integrity of
the legislative structures in the continent. It will also be the cornerstone
for the recently established African parliamentary knowledge network
structure.

The conference discussed the transformation of the PAP into a legislative
body as required by the African Union (AU) protocol, which states that "the
ultimate aim of the PAP shall be to evolve into an institution with full
legislative powers, whose members are elected by universal adult suffrage".

According to WE BLOG
CRM<http://http//www.blogcrm.com/e-governance-benefits-and-challenges.php>,
e-governance is rapidly finding favor with governments across the world and
the US government is in the forefront of e-governance initiatives. By using
the internet and other modern communication technology, governments can hope
to reach out to the populace in larger numbers.

The internet is a powerful medium for customer relationship management and
it enables governments to extend service more effectively to the people.
E-governance models are built around objectives that include better use of
information, quicker dissemination of information, transparency in
government-people transactions, and creating services that cover as broad a
spectrum of society as possible.

E-governance also allows governments to participate in business transactions
in a more profitable manner. For the government, the benefits include better
service to the citizens, reduced transaction costs, reduction in paperwork
and paper records as well as better utilization of space that would
otherwise be used for storing documents.

Communication between the various government departments improves,
information sharing is much better which aids governance, business
transactions, and stimulates the growth of a new economy.

They have constant access to relevant government information and the
stimulus provided by increased business opportunities can lead to all-round
infrastructural development.

Some info in this blog was got from
AllAfrica.com/stories<http://allafrica.com/stories>

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