A framework for enforcing the national ICT policy in Kenya government
Abstract
This project report sought to establish the extent to which the Kenya National ICT Policy has
been enforced within the Kenya government by targeting sampled Kenya Government
ministries where ICT has been embraced under the strength of the existing national ICT
policy. The objective was to find out if the existing Kenya National ICT Policy has been
embraced within the various government ministries and to what extent. The motivation
behind this study resulted from the fact that Kenya has in place a national ICT policy that is
expected to act as a guide as the country seeks to achieve its objectives for vision 2030.
Qualitative research method was employed to gather required data for analysis as it is known
to be descriptive in nature.
The primary data collection tool was an open-ended questionnaire as this gave respondents a
chance to air their views conclusively without being guided. An analysis of the results was
done using MS Excel which grouped similar responses together and using five point Likert
scale for ease of analysis. Four ministries which are in possession of the Kenya National ICT
policy were sampled. It became clear that the Kenya National ICT policy has not been
embraced fully and that as much as the sampled ministries possessed the policy they only
used it partially.
These findings added to the existing knowledge on ICT policy development and eventual
implementation by curving a path through which the policy can be enforced. Future research
on this area would be guided by the outcome of the report for findings showed that there are a
good number of Kenya government ministries where the policy is still unheard of while in the
ones sampled little sense had been made of the Kenya National ICT policy.
Publisher
University of Nairobi