The Communications Aut**rity of Kenya says it cannot foot the Ksh 1 b***ion b*** required by the police for the *** on cyberc***e as ordered by President Uhuru Kenyatta last month.
Director-General Francis Wangusi on Tuesday said funds are already committed to other projects and the aut**rity does not have the money required by the Directorate of C***inal Investigations.
Last month, President Kenyatta directed that CA gives Ksh 1 b***ion from the Universal Service Fund to the DCI.
“The money that we have for the Universal Service Fund is already committed. I wouldn’t really say that we have money to put into other projects if the priority projects have not been completed,” Mr Wangusi said.
Wangusi said that the monies available had been directed to***ds connecting 78 sub-locations that do not have access to any network.
The money w*** also be used to connect broadband to sc**ols across the country at a cost of Ksh 7 b***ion.
He said CA st*** needs Ksh 70 b***ion to f*** existing gaps.
The Universal Service Fund was set up in 2009 and is p***arily financed by mandatory contributions from licensed operators w** provide services in various communications sectors.
Other incomes to the CA fund come from government allocations, returns from investments, gifts, donations, grants and endowments, among other sources.
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Its key responsibilities include supporting expansion of communication services to sc**ols, health facilities and other organisations serving public needs.
The Communications Aut**rity is mandated to manage and administer the fund.
Mr Wangusi was speaking d****g the opening of the Central regional offices in Nyeri Town.
The office w*** serve 13 counties in the Central, Northern and Eastern regions in an effort to take services closer to the people.
“The aut**rity has plans to keep taking its services closer and closer to the citizens,” he said.
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