One of Kenya’s shiny moments is when we loot public funds, and the length we go through while defending “our people” involved. Apparently, our policymakers specialize in creating “tender avenues” which make the flow of funds from Treasury smooth into looters coffers as effortless as possible. Take a look:
[SIZE=7] Sh15bn school laptops pay vouchers missing[/SIZE]
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Mr Kenyatta in 2013 used the free laptops programme as a key plank of his campaign pledges. The Jubilee administration promised to deliver one laptop per Class One pupil in public schools upon its election, but the project has been dogged by procurement delays and budget cuts.
The government moved the project from the Ministry of Education to that of ICT under the ICT Authority to oversee its implementation.
The vicious fight for control of the multi-billion shilling project involving the Ministry of Education, the Teachers Service Commission, the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and the ICT Authority further contributed to delays in the full rollout of the project.
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[li]Suppliers of the digital learning devices are not identified in the report.[/li][li]Mr Ouko says financial statements of the ICT Authority show that a total of Sh18.4 billion has been spent on digital literacy programme devices, including the faulty laptops.[/li][li]Another expenditure item identified only as “shared services” also raises audit queries.[/li][/ul]
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