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The immediate former PM has urged the jubilee government to use the cash it is intending to inject into the much awaited laptop project to pay the striking teachers in order for them to go back to class.
Speaking on Sunday while meeting the Cord's senators and governors at a retreat in a beach hotel in Mombasa, the former prime minister, accused the government for its 'insensitivity' to the plight of Kenyan children and urged it to act quickly and ensure that students are back to school as soon as possible.
He, at the same time, observed that Kenyan children have a constitutional right to learn without any interruptions as being witnessed.
In a move that seemed to counter the jubilee laptop project, Mr. Raila, reminded Kenyans that the Cord's manifesto had 'a perfect provision of introducing ICT' in schools. He said they had planned to introduce it in phases.
According to Mr. Odinga, they wanted to build computer laboratories first. the second phase would have seen teachers taking computers courses before finally introducing the Information Communication Technology course in all public schools.
The former PM also criticized the jubilee government for failing to put in place the logistics that would see the success of the laptop project. For instance, he pointed out that there is no security as far as the whole project is concerned. He, on the other hand, pointed out the fact that many teachers are still computer illiterate and therefore one cannot expect the same teachers to train children on ICT courses.
Speaking at the same venue, former vice president Mr. Kalonzo Musyoka, reminded the cord governors and senators that suppose they perform during their tenure in office, it will by big means boost their bid to capture the presidency come the next general election in 2017.
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