KISII UNIVERSITY

INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT REPORT AT MIGORI COUNTY ASSEMBLY

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
FROM 8TH JUNE 2022 TO 8TH SEPTEMBER 2022
PRESENTED BY
NICHOLAS OMONDI OMOLLO

PS15/00050/19
COURSE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING)

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT (HOD):

MR. MAURICE WAO

SUPERVISOR:
MR. LUKE OUMA

ATTACHMENT REPORT SUBMITTED PARTIALLY FOR THE FULFILMENT OF THE

AWARD OF DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING, DEPARTMENT OF
MATHEMATICS, SCHOOL OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES (SPASS).
KISII UNIVERSITY.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report is organized in the following order.
Chapter One: Introduction
This chapter explains the purpose, scope and limitations. It also gives an introduction to the Migori
County Assembly, including its background, mission, vision and main business

. Chapter Two: Project Background

This chapter summarizes the background information of the Migori County Assembly as well as the
student’s responsibilities.

Chapter Three: Training, Research and Implementation

This chapter discusses the training and research done by the students, as well as the results of the
implementation.

Chapter Four: The Attachment Conclusion

This chapter gives the overall conclusion of the industrial attachment and further recommendation
for improvement.
Chapter Five: References

This includes the references used by the student.

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 DECLARATION
I, Nicholas Omondi Omollo hereby declare that this industrial attachment report is my original work
and has never been submitted before to any institution for academic award or any other institution of
higher learning for the award of degree or any other purpose.

Signature……………………………………Date…………….………………………….
Nicholas Omondi Omollo

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First, I want to thank the almighty God for bringing me up to this far and keeping me safe throughout
my entire industrial attachment training period.

The development of this report took effort and guidance of people whom I want to cherish.
I am very grateful to my mother Miss Margaret Auma and my brother Mr. Alex Omollo whose
prayers, unrelenting financial support and pieces of advice motivated me throughout the entire
industrial attachment period.

I also pay much tribute to my friend Hon.Albert Amollo whose financial support has remained quite
unrelenting to me throughout my training.

I am also very grateful to my Industrial attachment-based supervisor Mr. Luke Ouma who was never
tired of my endless inquiries and also taking his time to check on my progress each day of my
attachment period.

My gratitude also goes to the ICT department where I was being attached and the entire Migori
County Assembly Fraternity for creating a conducive environment for me and also for equipping me
with the best know-how required of me in my field of study.

I cannot forget to thank the entire Kisii University lecturers particularly those from SPASS for their
constructive training and the knowledge they imparted in me throughout the 3 years of training at
Kisii University. I thank you all.

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 DEDICATION
I dedicate this report to my mother Margaret Auma, Migori County Assembly ICT department staff
and my university supervisor who have contributed to the success of this report.

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 ABSTRACT

The purpose of this report is to provide the details, background of the institution of attachment, a
description of all the activities undertaken during the attachment period, the lessons
learnt, challenges faced during the same and how the challenges were overcome.
Douglas Adams (1996) argues that,” first we thought the pc was a calculator. Then we found out
how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII-and we thought it was typewriter. Then we discovered
graphics, and we thought it was television. With the world Wide Web, we’ve realized it’s a
brochure.”
This project which contributed to part of the above allowed me to acquire the vast knowledge of
objective ICT skills and also how to apply ICT knowhow in the world today.

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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
1. MCA-Migori County Assembly
2. ICT- Information Communication Technology
3. HOD-Head Of Department
4. ASCII- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
5. IT- Information Technology

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………….……………...……..i
DECLARATION……………………………………………………………………………….….…..ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………………..…………..…….iii
DEDICATION………………………………………………………………………..………….……iv
ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………..………….…….v
ABBREVIATIONS……………………………………………………………….…………….……..vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………………………….…….vii
CHAPTER ONE………………………………………………………………….……………….……1
1.0 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………...……………….…1
1.1 PURPOSE……………………………………………………………………………………….….1
1.2 Background of Migori County Assembly……………………………………………...…………..2
1.2.1Main functions………..……………………………………..……………………………….……3
1.2.2 Mission, Vision and core values………………………………………………………………….4
1.2.3 Organizational Structure……………………,,,…………………………..………………………5
1.2.4 Management Structure Of ICT department………..……………………………………………..6
CHAPTER TWO……………………………………………………………………………………….7
2.0 PROJECT BACKROUND……………………...……………………………….……...……….....8
2.1 Period of Attachment……………………….………………………………………………………8
2.2 Objectives…………………………………………………………………..………………………8
2.3 Key responsibilities…...……………………………………………….…………………...………9
CHAPTER THREE………………………….………………………………………………………..10
3.0 TRAINING, RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION………..…………….………………….10
3.1 Major activities involved…………………...……………………………………………………..10
3.2 Key Achievements.………………………………………………………………………………..11
3.3 Skills acquired………………………..…………………………..……………………………….12
3.4 Challenges faced…….……………………………………….……………………………………13
3.5 How I overcome the challenges……………………………………………….………………….14

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CHAPTER FOUR………………………………...…………………………………………………..15
4.0 ATTACHMENT CONCLUSION……………….………………………………………………..15
4.1 Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………..15
4.2 Conclusion……………….………………………………………………………………………..16
4.3 Recommendations…………………..…………………………………………………………….17
CHAPTER FIVE………………………………..…………………………………………………….18
5.1 References………………………………….…………….……………………………………….18

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 CHAPTER ONE
1.0. INTRODUCTION
Industrial Attachment was introduced to inspire the students with practical and technical skills, as a
partial fulfillment for the award of a Certificate, Diploma or a Degree and to introduce the students
into working life.
The training time allows the students to link the theoretical principles learnt in the higher learning
institutions and the real life professional and technical application. It gives the students the practical
skills and the work environment philosophy, to use their skills and principles learned in class to serve
the institutions and the society in general.
Due to the above reasons, Kisii University has organized 12 weeks of training in any institution of
students’ choice to give every student an opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge achieved
during the course of study and to acquire new skills in managing relationship and carrying out the
jobs assigned.
This is the reason why I joined Migori county Assembly to be trained in order to get practical skills
and cut a niche for myself in the technological world of today.

1.1 PURPOSE
The purpose of this program is to fulfill part of the requirement for the award of Bachelor’s Degree
in Mathematics and Computing at Kisii University.

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1.2 BACKGROUND OF MIGORI COUNTY ASSEMBLY
Migori county Assembly located in Nyanza region, Migori County along the Kisii-Migori highway,
at
Suna-East sub county. It is the legislative arm of the County Government of Migori. It is one of the
forty-Seven (47) county Assemblies established under article 176(1) of the constitution 2010.
The Organization was established in April 2013 with the aim to ensure that the resources given to
the county are utilized well and for the intended purposes.
The first Assembly came in following the general elections held on 4th March 2013 and commenced
operations on Thursday ,April,18th 2013.
The organization is divided into departments i.e
➢ Administration

➢ Finance and Economic Planning

➢ Clerk Chambers

➢ Sergeant -At- Arms

➢ Research and Legal services

➢ Information Communication Technology

➢ Library and Records

➢ Hansard

➢ Human Resource

➢ Public Relations

➢ Procurement

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 1.2.1. Main functions
❖ Representation of members of the public from various wards

❖ Oversight-to ensure that resources allocated to the county are utilized well and for the

intended purposes.

❖ Approving budget estimates for the county government

❖ Approving borrowing by county government

❖ Legislation-Making and passing policies, development plans that are of interest to the

residents of the county.

County Assembly of Migori is also made up of a steering team involved with duty of allocating
resources to Migori County Assembly. The Assembly leadership includes:

• The Speaker

• Deputy Speaker

• The Clerk

• The Majority Leader

• The Minority Leader

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 1.2.2 Mission, vision and core values
Mission
To foster economic, social, political and cultural development of Migori County through effective
representation of, independent oversight and proactive legislation.
Vision
To be a leading Legislative Institution committed to transforming lives of people of Migori.
Core values

• Responsiveness

• Good corporate Governance

• Equity and Equality

• Team Spirit

• Integrity

• Human dignity and social justice

• Accountability and Transparency

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1.2.3 Organizational Structure
The structure of the county Assembly is derived from the provision of Article 177 and 178 of the
Constitution of Kenya and as specified in the county government Act, 2012 section 7.

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 1.2.4 Management of ICT department
ICT DIRECTOR
Duties

• Supervising staff under him

• Ensuring proper office infrastructure and facilities for the ICT, Research and Library staff

• Coordinating system development

• Managing capacity building and performance within the department

• Preparing the progress report of system development

• Formulating ICT policies and manuals

• Oversighting implementation of laws and policies guiding ICT function.

ICT OFICCER 1
Duties

• Installation and configuring of computer hardware, software, networks and printers as per

specifications of ICT standards.

• Maintaining and documenting standards of systems

• Developing hardware and software specifications

• Supervising officers under him

• Ensuring fast response and resolutions to ICT incidences.

• Designing, recommending and evaluating systems.

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Duties

• Ensuring data protection system

• Maintenance of ICT equipment’s and associated peripherals

• Installing and supporting servers

• Coding, testing and implementing computer programs

• Regular updating of computer software

• Implementing of computer programs

• Ensuring the operation of the help desk services supporting county Assembly

• Day to day monitoring of the county Assembly system performance

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 CHAPTER TWO
2.0 PROJECT BACKGROUND
2.1 Period of attachment
The field attachment which lasted for a period of twelve weeks started on 8th June and ended on 8th
September of the year 2022. The period was characterized by executing duties both in office and in
field and sometimes being a busy institution, it was forcing me to go on weekends depending on the
workload.
2.2 Objectives
With the stiff competition in the information and Communication Technology industry, I joined MCA
with determination to cut a niche for myself in the profession. This entailed doing much on my own
without waiting for directive from my internal supervisor and getting out of the way to create
contact with other Information and Communication Technology Industries. Some of the objectives I
set included.

• To make close contacts with the Other ICT industries.

• To cut a niche in the ICT industries

• To learn how to identify and develop a program

• To develop and maintain contacts of sources of ICT market.

• To always meet deadlines

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 2.3 Key responsibilities
Migori County Assembly being a busy organizational, I was involved in different activities that
constituted to the smooth running of Migori County Assembly.
Some of the duties I was assigned include,
❖ Basic Configuration and deployments

ICT being the center part of the Migori County Assembly, several technological machines

were being deployed and as a ICT department, I took part in setting up computers and iPad.

❖ Ensuring Network wireless access during plenary sessions

I was responsible for troubleshooting of wireless network incase there was any problem

causing a malfunction.

❖ Posting order papers to the cloud foe Members of County Assembly

I was responsible in posting of order papers so that Members of County Assembly can

access them on their iPad for plenary sessions.

❖ Printing, photocopying and scanning Services

Being that I was being attached in printing and technical services office , I was responsible in

printing and photocopying of documents from every department in Migori County

Assembly.

❖ Installation of new machines

I was installing different machines such as digital conference microphones at Migori County

Assembly plenary.

❖ Software installation

I was responsible in the installation of different software in different offices at Migori

County Assembly.

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 CHAPTER THREE

3.0 TRAINING, RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION

3.1 Major activities involved

Migori County Assembly being a busy organization, and as an ICT department , I was mainly

involved in printing and technical services which includes;

➢ Server management and regulating the number of WIFI users based on the strength of
the network

At times, the strength of WIFI networks becomes very weak hindering daily

performance of services delivered by different departments. As an ICT officer, I was

responsible for controlling the number of users to enable some services to go as

planned.

➢ Installation of CCTV cameras at the Plenary

After getting trained and equipped with technical know-how on how to install and

configure CCTV cameras, I was involved in installation of cameras both at the

plenary and at the field as assigned to me by my supervisor.

➢ Database management and machine inventory record keeping.

I was also responsible in the management of ICT database where I was recording

machine inventory dispatch book.

➢ Assisting Members of County Assembly on how to connect WIFI on their iPad

I was helping them to connect their iPad on network to enable them download

order papers using sky drive cloud computing services during plenary sessions.

➢ Identifying and fixing hardware components problems

Repairing and fixing of office machines is a crucial part in the maintenance of office equipment. I
with the help of my supervisor took part in repairing of machines such as keyboards, network
adaptors, network cables, laptops, iPad and printers among other office machines.
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3.2 Key achievements
IT industry being a competitive field it takes dedication and hard work for one, especially

those undertaking their field attachment, to make their bylines active. During the field

attachment I managed to make my byline active through installing of different machines

and doing more research on the technology of today by consulting different kind of IT

specialists to enable me gather more knowledge on the ICT industry almost on a daily basis.

The profession also requires personal drive to enable one execute programs of human

interest under less supervision and assistance.

Some of the achievements I pride myself of include;

✓ Installing and configuring digital conference microphones on county assembly

plenary

✓ Installing of CCTV cameras at the assembly plenary and to one the staff members at

his home.

✓ Configuring of all-in-one desktops computers

✓ Setting up WIFI at printing and technical services office

✓ Configuring Intercom at the procurement office

✓ Operating county Assembly generator

✓ Working efficiently under no supervision

✓ Operating a Kyocera TASkalfa 555i printer any help.

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3.3 Skills acquired
During the three-month period I managed to acquire several skills which are pertinent
to a computer specialist survival in the competitive IT industry.
For one to be able to execute some of the assignment perfectly they must be able to
learn some of these skills.
Skills learnt include;

• Communication skills
Migori County Assembly being a legislative institution where meetings were

being held almost after every two weeks, I was being given a chance to at least

great the multitude of staff members and this gave me courage and confidence

to boost my communication stability.

• Typing skills

Typing is on e of the key areas where IT rely on, my three months stay at Migori

Assembly enables me to gain typing skills by boosting my typing speed and

accuracy.

• Creativity Skills

For you to survive in an IT industry, you have to be creative enough by doing

more research and coning up with different idea of developing different

programs and also solving inputs well to give a well desired output. My satay at

Migori County Assembly enables me to learn and acquiring creative skills of

and developing different kinds of programs.

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3.4 Challenges faced
As a young aspiring Computer and mathematics specialist, full of energy and the urge to
adventure, my stay at the Migori County Assembly did not go short of challenges. One
challenge may have yielded another challenge.

• Inadequate Computers

Migori County Assembly being a government institution, it has higher absorption

of interns and this was not different from my department and therefore getting a

free computer was therefore a problem which at times forced us to share some.

▪ Inadequate training facilities

IT is a wide area which involves both hardware and software part of the

computer. Getting tools to deal with the hardware part such as repairing faulty

desktops and network cables were a problem.

▪ Accommodation was a challenge

Migori county Assembly does not offer accommodation for interns and there

getting a room in the locality was a problem due to the high demand by interns

and staffs. This was a challenge to me as my residential area was not close to the

MCA and therefore attending training was very costly.

▪ Meeting deadlines

With the few computers available and dilapidated, meeting deadlines was a

challenge.

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3.5. How I overcome the challenges
Challenges just like any other day are things to be overcome. Having in mind that I have
to cut a niche for myself in the mathematics and computing profession, I knew what I
wanted and I had to go for it. I had to fight tooth and nail to ensure that my
professionalism is not compromised by doing the following;
➢ Purchasing a laptop
In relation to the dilapidated facilities, I had to go and extra mile to make myself smile by
purchasing a laptop which helped me in meeting deadlines and also developing different
software during my leisure time.
➢ Borrowing of some tools

Being that there were few tools which could not allow complete whatever I was

repairing on time, I decided to borrow some of them and also improvising some like

the wire stripper to enable me complete my task on time.

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 CHAPTER FOUR
4.0. ATTACHMENT CONCLUSION
4.1. Summary
Migori County Assembly has been one of the most legislative institutions in the country under Article
176(1) of the constitution 2010. Since establishment, it has managed to pass many bills and laws
which has been of more help to the county of Migori.

The institution has also nurtured talents to students from all over the country by equipping them with
the technical know-how in every aspect of learning I being a beneficiary on the three month
attachment period.

During the period, I managed to gather a lot of skills necessary for an mathematics and computing
specialist who would like t6o be successful in the technology of today. For instance, CCTV
installation are one 0f the key areas required in the world of today to enhance security purposes. This
is one of the major activities I was involved in that enable me cut a niche in the ICT industry.

MCA has a well-structured institution management headed by the speaker who has made sure that the
programs work smoothly.

The institution has also lived to its dream of informing and educating among other roles of any
established legislative house.

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4.2 Conclusion
The Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology through the Migori County Assembly
provides a good background for future dissemination of information to the people. It also provides a
chance for training young, energetic learners to practice their skills by giving them full opportunity
and a better background to work as IT practitioners.

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4.3 Recommendations
While it should be noted that the program, BSc in Mathematics and Computing, was well executed
in terms of units being covered, it is also in order for the department to review the syllabus with
view of incorporating more practical. It is understandable that the degree program was initially
offered for those who yearned to work in the ICT industry and policy makers. This however has
changed and the degree holders are expected to do technical jobs like installation of different
software and applications, coding, maintenance of different hardware parts of the computer among
others. It therefore calls for the department to engage its students on practical by engaging them on
more practical units.

The idea to have the field attachment at the end of third year of studies was good as it gives
students’ opportunity to adjust in their field of study while on their last academic year but however,
it has also presented numerous challenges to students who extremely perform well at their
industrial attachment places and the companies would like to retain them. In my opinion, it would
be in order if the department will review when students go for their attachment with the view of
having it at the end of the fourth year of study.

Lastly, the ICT department should find means of assisting students in the department in securing
attachment places especially those taking IT related courses. This is because of the competitive
nature in the ICT industry.

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 CHAPTER FIVE
5.1 References
1. Thomas, P. (2009). Bhoomi, Gyan Ganga, e-governance and the right to information: ICTs and
development in India. Telematics and Informatics, Vol. 26, Issue 1, February 2009.
2. McCormick, R. And Scrimshaw, P. (2010): Information and Communications Technology,
Knowledge and Pedagogy. Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 37-57, October 2010.
3. Celebic, G. And Rendulic, D. I. (2011): Handbook: Basic Concepts of ICT. Open Society for Idea
Exchange, Zagreb

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