6. Patrick Kaija: Do rural women perceive ICTs as tools for development? Focus here?

7. Florence Tumuheirwe: Still theory 4 most rural areas due to lack of technology & isolation but ICT reduces poverty by providing timely info 2 link poor 2 resources.

8. Patrick Kaija: Do women participate in review and documentation of lessons for progressive learning? Do plans base on such lessons? Who benefits from rural ICTs? Any direct link to rural livelihood?

9. Patrick Kaija: Are policies in place and clear? Are they win-win for the urban and rural? Could policies equally cut across social strata? Who drives policy formulation?

10. Baguma Tinkasimire: Yes ICTs are crucial to the fight against poverty. But you need to have what to click! So the need to critically consider the available ICTs.

11. Immelda Kahangirwe: Yes ICT reduces poverty when used effectively at the right time, but remains a theory to rural women due to lack of access.

12. Doreen Onyango: Still theory because of the ever changing trends in ICT. And there is need to break the digital divide especially for women.

13. Abu (Bellanet Africa): Revolutions begin small. Goodwill is there and there’s realization of what ICTs can do to improve livelihoods. Debate should focus on how we should do it.

14. Joannes Massai: Despite the fact that ICT reduces poverty as it enables the user to reach new audiences & potentially new markets/donors, the truth is ICT remains a theory for most rural/urban poor women because of their low literacy and feminization of poverty.

15. Catherine Kimanje Mother’s Union Namirembe Diocese: Still theory because there are many people especially women who can afford to use it due to lack of access in rural areas and content in foreign languages. More is needed in local languages and policy should be design to promote this.

16. Doreen Onyango: Government is in the process of implementing e-govt, info is available on the www on all poverty eradication programmes and milestones reached.

17. Eunice Kintu: There is need for gov’t support and commitment thru its ICT ministry to come up with programmes that can be of value to the local woman.

18. Janet Achora: It is argued that ICTs if supported with the right policies and with cross cutting and holistic approaches will complement and strengthen other multi-sectoral efforts that are required for poverty reduction including those meeting basic needs of the very poor in society.

19. Isaac Kasana: ICTs can be tools for social economic development provided the target community is at or above a certain threshold of capability to harness them. The MTN " kazero" concept on mobile phones demonstrated that a micro-business in Kampala could enhance his/her business by use of a mobile phone. However, in the rural areas where trade transactions are not concentrated and where a person may not have disposable cash to afford a phone call at UGX350 per minute and the phone access point is located 4km away, this is still a theory. Rural communities are more able to benefit from ICT programmes that target communities such as cooperatives which serve economic interests of communities collectively.

20. Agnes Kadama UCWDC: In the developed world it is true but in Uganda especially in the rural areas where the bulk of the population is found it is not true. It is still theory and a myth. The rural woman who contributes to the bulk of socio-economic development has been left out. ICT is used to reduce poverty through information dissemination about prices of agricultural produce, business opportunities on certain web portals, early warning systems to farmers to plant in the right seasons or not to plant at all, e-commerce - establish shops on the net to sell worldwide e.g. crafts for rural women. What more can be done: Functional adult literacy programmes in communities to demystify ICT especially for the case of the rural woman, conscious raising, 2-generational approach - training both the young and old generation in ICT; Gov't funded community telecentres established, involving the entire community in establishing and running community ICTs.

21. Janet C Achora: ICTs as tools for Socio- Economic development can be seen more in the context of support for development interventions, than as tools in themselves in reducing poverty. Though its use is still very minimal, when seen in this context, especially in its application considering that most of the population in Uganda is rural based, it can be said to be a theory. However interventions that have been initiated both in the rural and urban areas in Uganda show evidence that it is reality, when considering the context in which it is applied, the target group and infrastructural environment. It is argued that ICTs if supported with the right policies and with cross cutting and holistic approaches will complement and strengthen other multi-sectoral efforts that are required for poverty reduction including those meeting basic needs of the very poor in society. Community Development approaches  that seek to uplift standards of living, Interventions like the Self Help Group approaches that target the poorest and marginalized  women in communities, at  the level of Cluster Associations find that the use of ICTs is inevitable in order to move towards the people's federation. Yet the application of ICTs is silent when promoting such interventions but essential.

22. Beverly Nambozo: ICTs are very practical in socio-economic development-through education, networking, health, advocacy and more. ICTs are being used to reduce poverty through job listings-a high percentage of urban elites use ICTs for employment creation. It will take a long time before the same is realized for rural areas. They have other needs that need to be met.

23. Baguma T Richard: One of the main concerns is that yes ICTs are crucial to the fight against poverty. But to click away you need to have what to click! So the need to critically consider the available ICTs like the broadcasting mass media as well as broadening access systematically should be emphasized.