{"id":350624,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/350624/?format=json","text_counter":36,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Njuki","speaker_title":"The Member for Chuka/Igambang’ombe","speaker":{"id":1372,"legal_name":"Onesmus Muthomi Njuki","slug":"onesmus-muthomi-njuki"},"content":"I know hon. Members of Parliament who may not be having a lot of knowledge in computers are worried about the cost. Some said yesterday that the cost of a laptop is Kshs30,000. I want to say, that being my area of concern from operation and research, I know that a laptop with basic utilities or a small laptop for the primary school kids – which is not a project to be handled for the first time – it is there in Rwanda and South Africa--- When that laptop is locally assembled, the cost cannot exceed US$180. If it is assembled locally, it is an opportunity to give work to the youth who may be equipped with the knowledge but did not have an opportunity to practise it. I would like to say that this is a good opportunity. As for the teachers, if the kids can learn how to use it, then the teachers can even more easily do it."}