The Directorate of e-Government

The Directorate of e-Gov

The Directorate of e-Government (DeG) was established in June 2004 as a Government commitment to make e-Government a reality and to ensure that it provides better services to Kenyans. DeG is headed by the ICT Secretary at the Presidency and Cabinet Affairs Office, Office of the President.

The Mandate of DeG

The mandate of DeG is to provide leadership, facilitation and coordination of e-Government services across ministries and accounting units. DeG  further coordinates and prepares of the e-Government Strategy including the implementation plan, and monitoring and evaluation of the process.

Kenyans, like other citizens if the world, are increasingly turning to online transactional services to conduct their day-to-day affairs. The Directorate of e-Government’s goal is to increasingly contribute to developing e-Services for Government; Services that are easy to use, meet the real needs of people and ensure security and privacy.

The Directorate of e-Government discharges the following functions:

• e-Government Core-Functions
• Formulate and review e-government strategy and policy and monitor its implementation
• Advise the cabinet on e-Government issues
• Coordinate the development and implementation of e-Government programmes and plans in ministries and counties
• Develop and manage strategic systems including shared services and infrastructure, data, security, data centres and electronic services of the Government of Kenya.
• Develop and enforce strategic ICT security initiatives within Government including oversight of incident response
• Develop and enforce ICT standards to promote interoperability of systems and data and cost-effective use of ICT infrastructure and services
• Manage the implementation of ICT programmes in Government
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation and use of ICTs and recommend suitable enhancements;
• Undertake research and innovation on e-Government services
• Oversee implementation of capacity building initiatives on e-Government.