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Mon, October 14th 2013, 13:20 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Kenya laptops programme already mired in confusion and expense

Kenya’s much heralded “one child, one laptop” programme, the flagship project of the Kenyatta government, is already running into the kind of confusion and expense many predicted at the outset. → Read more
Fri, May 2nd 2014, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi

$200m allocated to laptops in Kenyan budget

The Kenyan government has allocated an additional KSh17.4 billion (US$200 million) to its flagship free laptops for schools programme in budget estimates revealed on Wednesday. → Read more
Fri, April 4th 2014, 18:00 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: One year in, Konza and laptops overshadow Kenyatta digital agenda

As it crept into power by the skin of its teeth in Kenya a year ago, Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Coalition touted itself as the “digital” choice, rather than the older candidates it branded “analogue”. Almost exactly a year after Kenyatta was inaugurated, there have been small steps towards making Kenya a digital nation, but two big issues - one bequeathed to the new president and one of his own making - threaten to upset his agenda. → Read more
Mon, March 17th 2014, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Olive appealing PPARB ruling over Kenyan laptops

Olive Telecommunications has gone to court to appeal against a ruling by the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) to revoke the award of the tender for the supply of devices for Kenya’s laptops for schools programme. → Read more
Thu, March 13th 2014, 16:00 · Tom Jackson

Kenyan minister faces censure over cancelled laptops tender

The Kenyan parliament’s Education, Science and Technology committee has said it is preparing a motion to censure Jacob Kaimenyi, cabinet secretary for Kenya’s Ministry of Education, for withholding information on the procurement of devices for the government’s flagship laptops for schools programme. → Read more
Mon, February 17th 2014, 11:47 · Susan Mwenesi

Committee criticises Kenyan laptops procurement, government to push on

Kenya’s Parliamentary Committee on Education has criticised the awarding of the tender for the supply of devices for the government’s flagship laptops for schools project and said the project should be delayed, though the government has vowed to press on with implementation → Read more
Wed, February 12th 2014, 11:40 · Tom Jackson

Kenyan parliament investigating laptops tender

Kenya’s parliament has begun investigating the tender for the supply of 1.3 million laptops for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s flagship laptops for schools policy, after allegations the winning bidder failed to meet the necessary requirements. → Read more
Mon, February 10th 2014, 10:20 · Tom Jackson

Kenyan government picks Indian firm to provide laptops for schools

Kenya’s Ministry of Education has awarded the tender for the supply of devices for the government’s flagship laptops for schools programme to Indian firm Olive Telecommunications, in spite of reports suggesting the firm did not mean the tender requirements. → Read more
Tue, January 7th 2014, 13:00 · Nick Sato

Kenya’s free laptops to be delivered in 90 days, officials to visit shortlisted firms

Kenya’s flagship one laptop per child programme will commence in the next three months as government officials from the Ministry of Education are set to travel abroad to assess shortlisted firms for the procurement of the 1.3 million laptops. → Read more
Wed, December 18th 2013, 10:20 · Nick Sato

Kenyan government to locally assemble school laptops in Phase 2

The Kenyan government is planning to have the assembly of the devices for the second round of its flagship one laptop per child programme done locally in a bid to boost the take up of local technology. → Read more
Tue, December 17th 2013, 11:20 · Nick Sato

Kenya shortlists companies for supply of laptops for schools

The Kenyan government has shortlisted three international companies for the supply of the laptops which will be given free to class one students at the end of the the first quarter of 2014. → Read more
Thu, October 31st 2013, 13:00 · Nick Sato

Kenyan government re-advertises free laptops tender

The Kenyan Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has invited fresh tenders from eligible bidders for the supply and commissioning of free laptops for class one pupils in Kenya. → Read more
Thu, October 17th 2013, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenyan government cancels tender for free laptops project

The Kenyan government has decided to cancel the tender for the procurement of laptops for its flagship free laptops for schools programme, following “astronomical” figures quoted by various bidders. → Read more
Mon, October 14th 2013, 12:20 · Nick Sato

Kenyan government picks trainers for laptops programme

The Kenyan government has selected 150 people to train 60,000 teachers to kick off the integration of ICT in public primary schools ahead of the rollout of the one laptop per child initiative early next year. → Read more
Mon, August 5th 2013, 10:30 · Nick Sato

Kenyan government advertises tender for laptops supply

The Kenyan government has moved to realise one of its key campaign pledges by advertising bids for the provision of laptops, printers and projectors for all its public schools. → Read more
Fri, July 19th 2013, 13:11 · Nick Sato

Orange Kenya partners with Asus Laptops to enhance data usage

Orange Kenya has partnered with global notebook vendor ASUS to launch three Notebook models into the Kenyan market. → Read more
Thu, July 11th 2013, 13:17 · Nick Sato

Kenya considers free tablets for pupils instead of laptops

The Kenyan government is contemplating introducing free tablets to Kenyan schools rather than laptops, given the speed with which devices become defunct. → Read more
Wed, July 3rd 2013, 08:46 · Martin Cheruiyot

CORD leaders urge Kenyatta to suspend laptops plan

Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) leaders Raila Odinga, James Orengo and Moses Wetangula have put more pressure on Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta to use the money for his controversial laptop project to pay teachers more. → Read more
Tue, June 25th 2013, 05:49 · Martin Cheruiyot

Agriculture officers in Kenya to get laptops

The Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture has dispatched 500 laptops to directors of agriculture at the country level in a bid to extend its e-extension services. → Read more
Thu, June 13th 2013, 15:20 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyan government allocates $622 million for laptops

The Kenyan government set aside KSh53.2 billion (US$622 million) to support the one laptop one child programme in today’s budget speech presented by cabinet secretary for finance Henry Rotich. → Read more