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Why does Ardhi House still need typewriters?

By MARK BOIT

Recent reports that Lands ministry is planning to reintroduce typewriters and duplicators has caused a lot uproar – and rightly so. Countries and companies all over the world are spending millions of money to develop or acquire new technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness, so it is baffling why such a crucial ministry might want go back decades ago.

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