Survey of information communication technology (ict) needs of inhabitants Njoro Diatrict

Abstract

In Kenya there is no existing national leT development approach for the rural areas. Rural areas in Kenya stand the risk of lagging behind the urban areas in ICT growth and therefore per capita income growth. This scenario will no doubt further retard development momentum of the nation as 80% of her population resides in the rural areas. In order to elicit demand for leT in rural areas and therefore attract leT investment in the rural areas, a participatory rural development approach is desirable for this will help in introducing programmes with which the people identify as the programmes are developed with the beneficiaries' needs in mind. The current study aimed at, first, establishing the level of leT awareness of Njoro location inhabitants, second, determining the existing leT infrastructure in Njoro location, third, establishing the immediate and future leT needs of Njoro location inhabitants, and, fourth, proposing a suitable leT model for Njoro location. The study used both purposive and stratified random sampling technique, where one member of the household was interviewed. The sample frame consisted of traders, water vendors, Jua Kali artisans and Rosca groups that gave a total of 50 respondents. Data was processed and analyzed using SPSS programme, where frequencies and cross-tabulation were run to determine the relationship of the selected variables. The study confirmed that the awareness anti use of leT is highly correlated to the level of education and the per capita income of the users. F.Q( instance, no computer literate person comes from a household in which the highest level of education is primary, 10% of computer literate respondents come from households in which highest level of education is secondary, 40% from households with some college training and 50% come from households with university education. Furthermore, nearly [100%] inhabitants long to have access to leT. The study, thus, recommend that community ICT service provision be initiated with a participatory approach that gives community members more control on the management of the service provision. Father that combining fixed line technology