[kictanet] Wezesha Laptop Campaign abused

[Harry Karanja]

The Wezesha Laptop Campaign was a noble initiative to give students the
chance to acquire laptops at subsidized rates. It is therefore saddening
when I heard from several students that the vouchers worth KES. 10,000 are
being re-sold at between KES. 2,500 and KES. 3,000. This is down to two
factors: 

 

1.       the  failure by well meaning students to acquire the vouchers
within the registration period

2.       the infiltration of the initiative by businessmen who use student
proxies to buy the laptops at the subsidized rates and later resell them at
a profit

 

It is therefore very likely that a number of the 15,000 plus laptops will
find their way back into the market and not benefit the intended recipients.
How can the next initiative be structured to meet these challenges?

 

Regards,

Harry Karanja n Director n SoftLaw Limited n Genius Executive Centre n 15th
Floor View Park Towers  n Utalii Lane n Nairobi CBD n Tel: +254 20 342 225 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20110223/310b4aaf/attachment.htm>