A UNDP sponsored programme to enhance the information and communications technology (ICT) competence of Members of Parliament continued this week with 24 members in training.

UNDP  Governance Programme Officer, Mr. Sekhonyana Bereng said the five-day training will cover an introduction to computers, basic computer application, the use of e-mail as well as the Internet. More than 40 MPs have already attended this ICT training since the last week of June. It is expected to end in August.

National Independent Party MP, Mr Motuli Motikoe, said the training will enable them to research how colleagues in other countries handled parliamentarian issues.

The UNDP has plans to establish an Internet cafe at the National Assembly before the end of the year.

20 July 2005