The national government has said that it will expand fiber internet connectivity to all areas in the North Rift region that are prone to instability.
According to PS John Tanui of the Ministry of Information, Communication, and Digital Economy, his agency would work with the business sector and other development partners to install fiber internet in the six impacted counties of Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet, Turkana, West Pokot, Samburu, and Laikipia.
Tanui, who spoke on Friday at the opening of the JITUME Digital Laboratory at the Kapchepkor Technical Training Institute in the Baringo North Sub-County, emphasized the importance of internet and cell coverage to help with fast information transmission in a region plagued by banditry.
“We have planned and sent a team of experts and they have surveyed and identified the exact spots where the internet connectivity as well as mobile phone masts will be set,” Tanui said.
