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The Information and Communication Technology Authority is a Kenyan
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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

* 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) * Ugas Mohammed * Bertha Dena *
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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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Timothy Mwololo Waema * Esther Njeri Kibere * David Mugo


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'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 {{Kenya-stub