Kenya: Govt to Spend Sh24 Billion in School Laptop Project

31 December 2013

Nairobi — The Government on Tuesday said it will spend Sh24 billion to buy 1.2 million laptops to be delivered in primary schools in the first quarter of 2014.

Speaking when he released the 2013 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations on Tuesday, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof Jacob Kaimenyi said the government in undertaking a procurement process in which it hopes to save Sh8 billion, after rejecting the Sh32 billion price quoted by suppliers in the initial tender.

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