Home About Us Services Projects Press Staff Vacancies Contact us   ::   Uganda Communications commission set to connect rural population Uganda Communications Commission has rolled out a five-year grand plan, which will ensure that every Ugandan has access to cheap and modern communication services for faster social and economic development. The plan dubbed; ‘Rural Communications Development Fund (RCDF II)’ scheduled to end in 2014, aims to achieve a target of one pay phone per village of about 500 people. This means there will be installation of at least 2,500 public pay phones annually in rural areas. RCDF II fund will further ensure the establishment of at least one community information centre (CIC) per rural LC III area that will function as a profitable business providing essential Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and related services such as postal, e-mail, internet and financial services. The Chairperson RDCP II, Ms Dorothy Okello said; “We are specifically going to look at coverage, connectivity and content in the new areas”. “Under connectivity we shall address the country’s future goal of broadband-enabled information society especially with respect to educational institutions and government’s service delivery plans”. However, there is still a question mark on where UCC will source the funding for the RDCP II. In the draft policy, UCC is looking for at least Shs35 billion per year. It is considering three revenue sources namely; revising the percentage levied on commercial communication service providers, making provision in the national budget and asking the development partners for the funding. By; Dorothy Nakaweesi; Daily Monitor Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Author : Datafundi (U) Ltd    Published on : 2009-08-11

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