Advancing Digital Skills in Government:
Today, the Principal Secretary, State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Mr. Steve Isaboke EBS, held a meeting with representatives from the technical committee overseeing the Digital and AI Skilling Programme for Public Servants.
The programme, implemented by the Regional Centre of Competence for Digital & AI Skilling (RCoC) and domiciled at the Kenya School of Government (KSG), seeks to equip over 100,000 public servants with digital and AI skills to enhance efficiency and service delivery in government.
RCoC is spearheaded by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (MICDE), with support from UNDP and Microsoft.
During the meeting, the Committee informed the PS that over 11,000 public servants from national and county governments have already enrolled for the training.
PS Isaboke commended the team for the progress made and reaffirmed the Ministry’s commitment to supporting the initiative. He also emphasized the need to onboard Public Communication Officers (PCOs) and Information Officers (IOs) for specialized training.
The PS further tasked the team to develop relevant courses tailored for PCOs and IOs needs and further urged them to fast-track the rollout of the training.
In attendance were: Washington Okoth Secretary Infrastructure; Patricia Terer Ondeng, Secretary Public Communication; Temesi Mukani, Secretary Information; Anna Nylander (UNDP), Becky Abraham (Pathway technologies), Joseph Nd'ungu (KSG), Galgallo Fayo (MICDE), Nancy Mathu (MICDE)