Ministry’s Strategic Issues and Priorities CHAPTER five 5.0 MINISTRY’S STRATEGIC ISSUES AND PRIORITIES This chapter discusses the identified strategic issues, the objectives and strategies to be implemented over the next five years in order to realise the intended mission. 5.1 KEY STRATEGIC ISSUES The ministry will focus on the following strategic issues during the Plan period; · Strategic Issue 1: Inadequate policy, legal, regulatory and institutional reforms. Strategic Issue 2: Poor national ICT infrastructure. · Strategic Issue 3: Poor public service delivery. · Strategic Issue 4: Small ICT capacity. · Strategic Issue 5: High rate of unemployment. · Strategic Issue 6: Unparalleled county governments and regional ICT initiatives · Strategic Issue 7: Uncoordinated public information and communication. · Strategic Issue 8: Inadequate mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues. · 5.2 STRATEGIC priorities, programmes and projects In playing its part and contributing effectively to the achievement of the objectives of Vision 2030, the ministry will implement key ICT initiatives identified in the Vision 2030 and the second MTP 2013-17. To this end, the ministry will pursue the following priorities, programmes and projects. · Develop and review policy, legal, regulatory and institutional framework to facilitate development and growth in ICT. · Develop modern ICT infrastructure; · Enhance service delivery through e-Government services; · Build capacity within the ICT sector; · Leverage on ICT to create employment and facilitate growth of other sectors in the economy; · Promote county and regional integration through ICT; · Collect, collate and disseminate credible information to promote knowledge-based society; and · Mainstream cross-cutting issues. 19