<div dir="ltr"><div>Walu,<br><br></div><div>I wish we would have an open debate on the pro's and cons of this project to see how best it can be implemented, however it seems any different opinion means opposing the project.<br>
<br></div><div>Best Regards<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Walubengo J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div>Listers,</div><div><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
This project seems to have just kicked off on the wrong tangent...was wondering how they would select WHICH primary schools would get the laptops and was shocked to read:<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
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<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">He (Kaimenyi, Cabinet Sec. for Education)� said the availability of electricity and nearness to the main grid
was the basis used in deciding the schools selection criteria.</div><div>In
every three schools with electricity connection, the ministry has
selected one school close to the mains grid and another one that is far
away from the grid....</div><div><br></div><div>>> adopted from <a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000084770&story_title=6-000-primary-schools-picked-for-free-laptop-project&pageNo=2" target="_blank">http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000084770&story_title=6-000-primary-schools-picked-for-free-laptop-project&pageNo=2</a></div>
<div><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">Never mind that I thought these laptops would "solar-powered".� But now it looks like if you are lucky to live near an electricity pole, your luck doubles as you get a bonus benefit� of a laptop. If you happen to leave very far from one (think Pokot, Turkana, Tana River, Wajir, etc) your tough luck just got tougher.� I cant think of a better way of "extending" rather than "bridging" the digital divide..<br>
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walu.</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">nb: Mutoro:-sounds like you guys are going to have a very busy year in courts :-)</div>
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