Uganda has initiated new plans to deploy 2,000 Wi-Fi hotspots to enhance internet connectivity across the nation.
The government also said offices would use the internet during business hours, and it will be accessible to the general public after hours and on weekends.
Though detractors claimed the connection is unstable but the government has already set up hotspots in the city, Kampala, as well as provincial cities.
Every location where the national backbone infrastructure of the government is present will have additional hotspots installed. The Uganda Digital Acceleration Program includes the initiative.
The executive director of the National Information Technology Authority, Dr Hatwib Mugasa who disclosed this added that it was a component of the Uganda Digital Acceleration Programme awaiting Cabinet approval during the final review of the Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme in Uganda, which began in 2016 and ends this year.
Every area, it was learned, with a national backbone infrastructure would have the free Wi-Fi hotspot installation program implemented.
“We would like to provide free internet to selected areas at selected times. The internet that we are providing will be utilized by the government during working hours by citizens after working hours, and, on weekends. The internet will also be used during emergencies for people applying for government services such as national identification registration.
“Right now, we have free internet hotspots in Kampala, Entebbe, and Jinja. But we now want to spread it across many other districts,” he noted.
