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Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda to Attend the eGovernment Excellence Awards

Nathan Ernest Olupot June 25, 2019

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NITA Uganda ED; James Sakka (L) shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Uganda; Ruhakana Rugunda (R) in a closed meeting he confirmed his attendance for the eGovernment Excellence Awards.

PC Tech Magazine has learnt that the Prime Minister to Uganda; Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda has this afternoon confirmed his presence as the Guest of Honour at the forthcoming eGovernment Excellence Awards.

The awards are slated to happen on Thursday 27th, June 2019 at the Speke Resort Munyonyo.

During a closed meeting with NITA Uganda officials led by its Executive Director; Mr. James Sakka, Rt. Hon. Ruhakana reaffirmed the government’s commitment to using ICT to make government services more accessible.

He further went to tell the NITA Officials he “looks forward to hearing the testimonies of the nominated agencies on how they have used ICT to provide government services to citizens.”

The awards are running under the theme “Bold Digital Government: Unlocking Service Delivery”. NITA-U Act. ED; Peter Kahiigi says the awards aim to share experiences with various government entities across the country.

The awards categories include; CIO of the year Award, eGov Citizen Choice Award, Outstanding Agency of the Year Award, and Outstanding Web-portal Award.

Mr. Sakka has told the Prime Minister, they have partnered with Ernst Young to ensure that there is a high caliber of adjudication and quality assurance, thereby delivering a credible and reputable vetting process.

“There won’t be any rigging of votes,” Sakka told the Prime Minister.

NITA-U last week announced three official judges for the awards. The judges are; DFCU Group CEO; Matthias Katamba, Dr. Agnes Semwanga; an associate professor of Information Systems at Makerere University and Mr. Japheth Kawanguzi; Founder of The Innovation Village.

Mr. Katamba is selected as the official head judge for the eGovernment Excellence Awards.

The awards are to recognize government MDAs playing a remarkable role in availing online government service to the public. On the other hand, motivating them to put more energy into efforts towards ramping digital services and taking more services online for ease of service delivery.