State to share fibre optic project with private sector

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Ministry of Information Communication and The Digital Economy, Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo during a press briefing at his office in Government Media Centre, Telposta Towers on March 28, 2023. PHOTO | KENNEDY AMUNGO | NMG

The government will lay 52 percent of the proposed 100,000 kilometres of the national fibre optic cable while the rest will be done by the private sector, ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo has said.

Mr Owalo, who spoke at the opening of the 12th edition of the Connected Summit on Monday, said the input of the private sector in the government’s transformation agenda is imperative.

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