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Waiting game for Kenyan counties after fibre optic plan budget trimmed

Workers lay a fibre optic duct in Nyeri town as part of the National Optic Fibre Backbone Infrastructure Project. The project aims to improve the delivery of Government services to citizens by linking national and county government offices through high-speed Internet connectivity. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

Counties outside the National Fibre Optic Backbone (NOFBI) will have to wait longer for connection following budget cuts for ICT infrastructure connectivity.

Supplementary budget estimates from the National Treasury indicate the number of kilometres to be rolled out in Phase Two of the multi-billion-shilling project have been cut from 800km to 500km.

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