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 Rural Telecommunications Strategy 26 October 2006 29