Is Jubilee’s laptop project headed for a collapse?

ICT CS Joe Mucheru when he launched the Digital Learning Program (DLP) at Nyamachaki Primary School, in Nyeri County last year [File, Standard]

During the launch of his presidential campaign in 2013, candidate Uhuru Kenyatta announced what many thought was the quintessential political promise.

That upon joining the equivalent of Grade One, every child in a public school would be given a laptop. Opinion was sharply divided on the issue. Some suggested that the idea be dropped.