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5.6.6 Management of Digital Assets:

Data Centers play a key role in the storage of digital 

assets and data. The ability to store data in a secure 

manner in highly secure data centers is critical. One 

of the key steps in this is the establishment of a Na-

tional Government Data Center to centralize the stor-

age of critical government data, reduce and manage 

the costs of storing data and ensuring it is secure. This 

data center can also be used to host local entrepre-

neurs and innovators who form an important part of 

the digital economy. This can also be a template to be 

used by private sector to invest in the country.

Kenya’s National Digital Infrastructure also needs 

to be secure. A key way to reduce national security 

risks of adopting new technologies (including infra-

structure such as 5G and the Internet of Things) is by 

promoting security-by-design where technologies are 

designed from the ground up, to be secure by being 

embedded right from inception, rather than as a future 

consideration.

Designing the infrastructure to collect pertinent and 

useful data from the beginning makes it easier to ac-

cess data that enables platforms to have information 

on their users. Implementation of public key infra-

structure (PKI) will enhance our security further and 

ensuring that every citizens has a digital identity. 

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