Ministry Deploys 40 New ICT Officers

The State Department for ICT and The Digital Economy has Deployed 4O new ICT recruits in order to fill the digital skill gaps and align to the Ministry's mandate of Digital Transformation.

The ICT officers were deployed to the Directorates of ICT Infrastructure; E-government and Digital Economy and Cyber Security and Audit Control.

ICT E-government Secretary Mary Kerema, Infrastructure Secretary Washington Okoth and Human Resource Management and Development Director Dominic Gicheru welcomed and inducted the officers on behalf of ICT and Digital Economy Principal Secretary Eng.John Tanui.

In her remarks, Ms. Kerema commended the officers on their appointment where he called on them to find their technical niche, be pro active and good problem solvers.

On his part, Mr. Okoth challenged the officers to exercise team work, be principled and good time managers where he pledged of the directorate's support in ensuring that the officers diligently execute their duties and responsibilities.

Gicheru noted a total of four officers were each deployed to each of various divisions namely ICT connectivity; Data Center and Cloud Services; Partnerships and Liaison Services; E-government services and Data Management.

The Newly deployed officers were also posted to Research digital innovation and Incubation; Software development and Digital Services; Commerce and Entrepreneurship; Cyber Security ; systems audit and control.