e) Promote centres of excellence to host, develop, maintain and provide leadership of better learning resources and implementation strategy; f) Exploit e-learning opportunities to offer Kenyan education programmes for export; and g) Integrate e-learning resources with other existing resources. 2.6 UNIVERSAL ACCESS Access to ICT services is limited to a few major towns leaving out the rural areas of the country where most Kenyans live. There is therefore need to enhance universal access through: a) Provision of adequate resources to the ICT sector; b) Developing the requisite ICT infrastructure; c) Creating incentives for service providers to deploy services in rural and under-served areas; d) Establishing a Universal Service Fund; e) Creating awareness of benefits of ICT to the public; and f) Developing knowledge-sharing networks at grassroots level. 2.7 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPP) There is need for an enabling environment for Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in ICT development. 2.8 E-GOVERNMENT The major challenge facing Government is to provide services in an efficient and effective way. E-Government provides a framework for improved service delivery and enhanced communication and information provision within Government, with the citizenry and the business community. There will be 6

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