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Free laptops project comes to naught

The unfulfilled promise to give Standard One pupils laptops is perhaps among the most outstanding Jubilee administration failures.

The signature pre-election pledge has been frustrated by procurement hiccups and protracted court battles that prompted President Uhuru Kenyatta to caution that the Government would no longer do business with firms that undermined its projects to settle tender scores.

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