| dc.description.abstract | The achievement of an information-based society is one of the main priorities of the Government of Kenya (GoK)
towards the realization of national development goals and objectives for wealth and employment creation. However,
even in their efforts the ICT sector is still currently more active in urban areas, resulting in wide regional disparities
in the distribution of ICT facilities. In order to address this disparity, the Kenya ICT Board (KICTB) supported the
roll out of new “electronic centre’s” which were named Pasha Centre’s (and are also commonly referred to as Digital
Villages).The Digital village’s initiatives in Kenya commenced with a lot of optimism in 2009 however five years
down the line it cannot be recorded that they have been successful. The purpose of this study was to establish the
factors that have hindered the successful implementation of digital villages in Kenya. For this study desk research
methodology was adopted. The secondary data from published reports was discussed with emphasis on the area of
interest to this study. The findings of this study indicated that there were various factors that hindered the successful
implementation of digital villages in Kenya. The study recommended need for having a government policy for the
digital village project. This policy if developed will serve to protect such projects in future enabling them to take off
and function independently. | en_US |
