Learn from Nairobi markets Wi-Fi glitch

The government’s plan to roll out 25,000 Internet hubs countrywide is laudable. However, a recent report that Wi-Fi spots in Nairobi have ground to a halt does not inspire confidence that the roll-out will be without hitches on a larger scale.

The authorities involved in the project should go back to the drawing board and address the teething problems based on the lessons from the glitch that has hit the initiative in the capital city.