Demystifying the Budget and your role as an ICT professional.
When the budget was read a few weeks ago, I was keen to find out what the picture looks like for ICT professionals. Fortunately and like many Ugandans, I have a range of activities that form the basis of what I call work. This means that I can on the whole, benefit from most of the sectors that are covered under the budget. This is really one of the advantages of having work or skills as an ICT professional. Most of what you can can fall fairly across all the major sectors in the country and it's development. We have for example: 1. Agriculture 2. Lands and Housing 3. Energy and Mineral Development 4. Information and Communication Technology. 5. Tourism, Trade and Industry. 6. Education. 7. Health. 8. Water, Sanitation and Environment. 9. Social Development. 10. Security. 11. Justice, Law and Order. 12. Public Sector Management. 13. Accountability. 14. Legislative. 15. Public Administration. The landscape as it stands and the new hires. This article was due weeks ago but a few