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NITA-U Updates Parliament on Uganda’s National Backbone Infrastructure

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Today, the National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) was hosted by the Parliamentary Committee on ICT to appraise them on Uganda’s Missing Links project.

The Government of Uganda through NITA-U, is implementing the National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure and e-Government Infrastructure (NBI/EGI) project to connect all major towns across the country including Government Ministries,

Departments and Agencies via an optical fibre cable network so as to reduce the cost of public administration, support delivery of secure e-Government services as well as enhance communications services in the country.

Following the successful completion of Phases I – III of the NBI/EGI Project, as part of a deliberate effort to ensure the network is able to consistently provide 99.9%, the Missing

Links project was started upon. The Missing Links project details laying out of concentric rings connected through optical fibre cable that will ensure self-resilient National Communications Infrastructure.

As is the normal procedure with Government procurements that are donor funded, NITA – U embarked on the Missing Links procurement process as per the World Bank guidelines for International Competitive bidding.

NITA-U was requested to respond to a letter from the Budadiri County West Member of Parliament, Honourable Nandala Mafabi. The letter sought clarification on the procurement of the Missing Links project.

NITA-U’s Executive Director, James Saaka, shared with the Parliamentary Committee on ICT that the procurement process was adhered to with the requisite quality checks along the way.

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