BY SAMIE WAIKORI
The Ministry of Communication and Aviation is working on a digital transformation policy roadmap policy, crucial to safeguard citizens of the country in this era of digital transformation.
The policy, according to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communication and Aviation Fredrick Kologeto, will be finalised soon and is expected to be tabled before cabinet for blessing, next year.
Speaking in parliament last week, Kologeto admitted the challenge faced by his ministry to safeguard the citizens of the country in this era of digital transformation.
“As the era of digital transformation looms and gets exponential momentum, my ministry is finding it very difficult to make sure that we safeguard our citizens.
“In addressing that, I can assure the ministry is working hard on cybercrime and cyber security, which culminated the digital transformation roadmap to safeguard our people.
“The digital transformation roadmap should be finalised soon and should be tabled for cabinet for blessing.
“The idea behind the policy is to ensure we know where we are heading and know we are safe in what we are doing, in terms of this digital era,” he said.
On the same note, Kologeto highlighted that the cybercrime policy is in the drafting stage, and the ministry hopes to table it next year, 2026.
He also emphasized that another priority area his ministry is looking at is the national data centre.
“It is important that the sovereignty of this nation is kept within our digital space. We don’t want other people to keep our data. This is a priority area of our ministry,” Kologeto emphasized.
He said the digital policy roadmap is part of the broader policies of the ministry to safeguard people on the services will offer, through infrastructure development such as towers in the country.
Kologeto emphasized that the intention of the ministry is to develop proper infrastructure, so that every citizen of this nation can enjoy services provided.
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