Providing solar-powered laptops for Standard One pupils an idea whose time is yet to come for Kenya. Budget considerations alone means that the provision of laptops will cost taxpayers a whooping Sh52 billion for purchase of basic hardware in the first year of the project alone. This cost is expected to skyrocket and climb significantly when the software costs and other required technical inputs are factored into the deal. Estimates have been mentioned that the cumulative cost could go as high as Sh200 billion a year— three quarters of the annual national education budget! There is no deny...
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