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IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2010the Internet. This is significantly higher compared to those who earn between Ksh5000 – 10,000, and thoseearning below Ksh5000 as shown in Figure 2.Figure 2. Monthly Income of Internet UsersRegarding PC ownership, 68% of the respondents have a PC at home, while 32% of the respondents didnot own a PC at all. For those who have PCs at home, 41% of the respondents could access the Internet athome. This suggests that Internet services still remain out of reach for the majority of Kenyans as comparedto other countries, especially the USA where more than 80% of Americans have computers at home. Almost92% of the Americans who own PCs have access to the Internet (Nielsen Online, 2009).The frequency at which respondents access the Internet is shown in Figure 3. Among the respondents,about 59% of the respondents use the Internet daily, 30% weekly and 7% monthly.Figure 3. Internet Usage – Frequency of AccessIn terms of the question on purpose of Internet use, the results indicated that about 54% of therespondents use the Internet for email purposes and 46% use it for World Wide Web applications such asFacebook, news, Google and sports. The most popular types of information searched for are informationrelating to education (37%), followed by culture/sport/entertainment (26%), news (16%) andeconomic/finance (14%).It is clear from the results that the opportunity of online shopping is not widely used. About 65% of therespondents reported lack of interest in e-commerce or buying online. About 27% were interested in e-61