More than Sh1.4 billion was added to the laptop tender amount when it was awarded to Indian company Olive Telecommunications PVT, the Public Procurement Administration Review Board says.

http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Laptop-tender-price-was-topped-up-by-Sh1-4b--rules-review-board/-/1056/2246786/-/u94lq9z/-/index.html

How on earth did any one expect Prof. Kaimenyi to tender his resignation in the face of the "manna" of 1.4 B from India.


> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 06:25:40 -0700
> From: jwalu@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who was involved in laptop tender decision process
> CC: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke
> To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com
>
> Seems like no one from ICT Authority/Ministry is talking.
>
> @Victor Kyalo,
>
> I hope it is not because your mouth is full - read: busy eating. Pun intended :-)
>
> walu.
> nb: CCK has a very prompt PR/Communication guy; maybe they should hire his services.
>
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> On Mon, 3/17/14, Paul Roy <roykoikai@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who was involved in laptop tender decision process
> To: jwalu@yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Monday, March 17, 2014, 12:32 PM
>
> Yeeks! Ory, was going to
> share this, noticed the same. Key members of ICTA were
> involved here including Prof. Elijah Omwenga. KICTANET is a
> good forum for ICTA to come clean and win our support.
> Otherwise their tenure is going to be smeared with
> this...hope someone is preparing a statement!
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014
> at 10:18 AM, Ory Okolloh <ookolloh@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Someone was asking about this last week,
> includes Kenya ICT authority.
>
> http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Jacob-Kaimenyi-Laptop-Tender-Education-Olive-Telecom/-/1950946/2243408/-/format/xhtml/-/srw4xa/-/index.html
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>
>
> Ory
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