Academies want taxes on laptops reduced to reasonable amounts

The association chairman, Francis Mbuthia, said they had entered an agreement with Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and a financial institution to supply the gadgets, but high cost was hindering their efforts.PHOTO: COURTESY

Owners of private schools have asked the Government to reduce taxes on laptops to make them affordable.

Under the umbrella Embu County Private Schools Association, they said more than 5,000 pupils joining Standard One next year in the 160 private schools in the region risk missing out on the laptop programme offered in public schools.