By Cheruiyot Korir.
Over Ksh 2.9 trillion
was transacted through mobile money transfer in Kenya last year representing
18.7 % growth compared to the previous year Cabinet Secretary for Information,
Communication (ICT) and Technology Joe Mucheru has said.
Mr Mucheru said the ICT
sector growth stood at 7.3 % last year with 23.9 internet users during the
period representing 54 % penetration in the country.
Mr
Mucheru who spoke at a Nairobi hotel today when he officially launched the
Serianu 2016 Cyber Security said Kenya was strategically positioned to take
full advantage of the of the opportunities
offered by internet connectivity to deliver services and business transactions.
The government, he
noted, was committed to developing comprehensive and offensive
cyber-capabilities to protect citizens in the cyber space against threats and
attacks. He said this can be achieved through hardening of ICT infrastructure
and services, enhancing ICT security competencies and increasing international
collaboration.
The Cabinet Secretary
said the government would create an environment of trust in Kenya’s cyber
security through multiagency approach in the management of national cyber
security and child on-line protection.
‘As government some of
the satisfying measures we have so far put in place include developing the
Computer and Cyber crime Bill 2016’ said Mr Mucheru.
The Bill, he pointed
out, will provide a legislative framework that will seal loopholes used by
cyber fraudster to perpetrate offences in the country.
He added that, the actualization
of the Bill will also witness arrests and prosecution of offenders and nation-wide
sensitization programe on cyber security among law enforcers, prosecutors and
judicial officers to enable them deal with cyber security effectively.
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