<p dir="ltr">I wouldn't mind the government doing the same for locally manufactured products. The laptop might not be the best but it's a step in the right direction. Our Kenyan economy needs to be jump started and if making usĀ support projects is the way to ensure we created a sustainable employment I don't mind. <br>
Look at Mobius, we are all focusing on how ugly the car looks forgetting the employment opportunities it stands to create. </p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 26, 2016 10:30 AM, "waudo siganga via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">If the JKUAT people want to promote and grow their laptop assembly<br>
business by requiring the students to buy the Taifa laptops they should<br>
say so upfront rather than talking of "special software" as the reason.<br>
<br>
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Joseph Wayodi via kictanet wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Paul Korir via kictanet<br>
> <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br>
> > Some fodder for your thoughts:<br>
> ><br>
> > 1) JKUAT requires high spec machines but not Taifa Laptops. Unless they are<br>
> > sneakily describing a Taifa Laptop?<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/laptop-specifications-for-new-students/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/laptop-<wbr>specifications-for-new-<wbr>students/</a><br>
> ><br>
><br>
> According to the memo, the laptop should run the Windows 8 operating<br>
> system, and Office Professional. Microsoft for the win! :)<br>
><br>
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