vii) Availability of rights of way
Rights of way are required to roll out telecommunications
infrastructure. The Ministry of Works and Transport (MWT) shall
provide space along the national road network for installation of the
required infrastructure to link the villages.
The MLG, which is responsible for the apportionment of rights of way
along the road networks in the villages, shall provide space for
installation of the required infrastructure to connect individual
customers.
viii) Availability of land
The Ministry of Lands and Housing (MLH) shall provide land where
the network infrastructure will be built and housed.
ix)
Government–on–line
Department of Information Technology (DIT) shall utilise the rural
network to expand and extend the Government Data Network (GDN)
and connect all government offices in the rural areas. All other
government ministries and departments shall align their
computerisation projects to the rural telecommunications program in
order to connect their offices in the rural areas.
x)
School connectivity
Ministry of Education (MOE) shall align the school connectivity
initiative with the rural telecommunications program so that all
schools in the rural areas are connected to the network in order to
implement the ThutoNet programmes.
xi)
Better patient care
Ministry of Health (MOH) shall align their ICT based health
programmes to rural telecommunications program in order to connect
clinics in the rural areas to the network. This will enable rural
Batswana to have access to health services and information.
xii) National security
Security and law enforcement agencies including, the Police (BPS),
military (BDF), and Department of Immigration shall align their
connectivity programmes with the rural telecommunications program
to provide connectivity to their offices in the rural areas. This will
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