Telkom Kenya enters agreement to digitise parliament

The agreement covers provision of laptops and "Internet everywhere" connections. "Internet everywhere" allows access to the internet anywhere on the Orange network using a USB modem and automatically selects an available network (i.e. EDGE/GPRS, Wifi, ADSL and LAN).

The bundled solution which was presented to the speaker of the National assembly Kenneth Marende and James Rege, chairperson, National Assembly communication committee at Parliament Buildings, will see the initial phase connect 16 members and eventually rollout to the rest of the members within the year.

On receiving the equipment, Speaker of the General Assembly, Kenneth Marende said: “This is a wonderful example of the value of public-private partnerships in action and also serves to demonstrate the truth of Telkom Kenya's business philosophy “together we can do more”. Hand in hand, public sector and private sector, we can deliver greater value to Kenyans, from today and for tomorrow, because whilst it will serve a public sector agenda, it is a business initiative, which means that it is sustainable financially. We know the monthly cost and we have built it into our budgets to ensure that by the end of the year, all members of parliament will be able to benefit from a more streamlined and cost effective communications solution to serve their constituents better.”