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President Uhuru Kenyatta has side-stepped court case that has bogged down laptops project by switching to tablets, which are more child-friendly.
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration has abandoned the Sh24.6 billion laptops project for schools, which hasn’t taken off in over two years because of a tender row, for the cheaper and more portable and classy tablets.
Impatient with the time lost in delivering one of Jubilee’s pre-election promises, Uhuru reportedly directed his officials to work out an alternative plan to distribute tablets to schools.
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