Zimbabwe consults on ICT billl

ZIMBABWE’S Information and Communications technology Minister said the government was consulting stakeholders and members of the public on Information Communication and Technology Bill.
“I will assure everyone that Government will have a people-driven process in coming up with the Bill. What we have as of now is a skeleton framework,” Minister Nelson Chamisa said in Harare.
“I will be presenting it to Cabinet in two weeks time. Thereafter, the Cabinet Committee on Legislation will look at it before I take it to Parliament for debate. This is all in line with the Short-Term Emergency
Recovery Programme and Government’s 100-day Plan.”

The Information Communication and Technology Bill which will repeal the Broadcasting Services Act, Postal and Telecomunications Act and change some sections of the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

It aims to establish a single authority that would regulate the information and communication technology sector.

Marcus Mushonga
Harare