22 Ministry’s Strategic Issues and Priorities 5.2.3.5 Leverage on ICT to create employment and facilitate growth of other sectors in the economy The ministry aims to create employment through promotion of BPO/ITEs services. This will be achieved through the following strategies; · Create 20,000 direct jobs through establishing Konza Techno City Phase I; · Set up digital villages to provide over 30,000 opportunities for BPO by 2017; · Develop e-commerce to enable entrepreneurs to obtain skills to sell their products/services over the Internet. The programme will involve use of high-resolution GIS maps of all the inhabited areas of Kenya; development of a national e-commerce master plan, an e-commerce policy, an updated courier services policy, a content business model policy; and e-commerce legislation and related regulation; · Automate trade customs and clearance (single window); · Roll out national payment gateway; · Implement IBM Research Lab Project; · Outsource digitisation activities and maintenance of Government infrastructure and facilities; · Promote local software development and hardware manufacturing and make them affordable and accessible through the existing fiscal concessions by the Government; and · Facilitate incubation of youth start-ups at ICT labs for commercialisation. 5.2.3.6 Promote county and regional integration through ICT The ministry is committed to full implementation of the Constitution to ensure the rapid set-up of all the county institutions. Chapter Two, Article 6 (1) to (3) and the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution will be implemented without disrupting public service delivery at national and county levels. Priority will be given to the development of the capacity of all county governments, improve policy coordination and implementation and harmonisation of regional ICT obligations. Towards this, the ministry will purse the following strategies: · Establish County Liaison office at the ministry’s headquarters; · Implement NOFBI II to cover all county headquarters; · Facilitate holding of quarterly county consultation forums; · Facilitate the roll out of county-based radio and TV broadcasting; · Facilitate digitisation of physical plans on properties in counties; · Identify and offer appropriate ICT skills for resource/ community-based empowerment; · Facilitate the roll out of shared ICT systems; · Sign MOUs with county governments on ownership and management of ICT programmes and projects; · Harmonise regional ICT policies and regulatory framework with EAC, COMESA and ITU; · Implement harmonized SIM card registration regime under the Northern Corridor Infrastructure Integration; · Adopt Common Mobile Network under the Northern Corridor Infrastructure Integration; and · Enhance representation at regional ICT meetings.