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Board cancels Sh24.6b school laptop tender awarded to Indian firm

Public Procurement and Administrative Review Board meeting Tuesday in Nairobi. [PHOTO: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/STANDARD]

By Augustine Oduor and Kurian Musa

Kenya: The Sh24.6 billion laptops tender for Standard One pupils — which is at the heart of President Kenyattas’s pre-election pledge — has been cancelled after an appeals board found the award to an Indian firm questionable.

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