The Information and Communication Technology Authority is a Kenyan
Government Owned Corporation
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the government ...
tasked with rationalising and streamlining the management of all the
Information and Communication Technology
Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers ...
(ICT) functions of the
Government of Kenya. The ICTA has a broad mandate that entails enforcing ICT standards in government and enhancing the supervision of its electronic communication. The authority also promotes ICT literacy, capacity, innovation and enterprise in line with the
Kenya National ICT Masterplan 2017.
The ICTA is a consolidation of three previously separate government agencies; the Information and Communication Technology Board of Kenya (ICT Board), the e-Government Directorate and the Government Information and Technology Services (GITS).
Board of directors
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Hon. Edwin Ochieng Yinda
Edwin Ochieng Yinda is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement party and was elected to represent the Alego Constituency Alego Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies of Siaya ...
(Chairman)
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Ugas Mohammed
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Bertha Dena
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Professor
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Elijah Omwenga
Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/ YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Boo ...
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Professor
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Timothy Mwololo Waema
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Esther Njeri Kibere
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David Mugo
References
External links
'ICT Authority'
2013 establishments in Kenya
Government agencies established in 2013
Government agencies of Kenya
Information and communication technologies in Africa
Science and technology in Kenya
Organisations based in Nairobi
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