KNBS contracts JKUAT and Moi to supply Sh470.5mn tablets for census

Taifa Assembly Line production manager Benson Mungai (right) demonstrates the operations of a school based laptop to former Nigeria’s Communications minister, Adebayo Shittu (centre) and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) Vice Chancellor Mabel Imbuga on January 24, 2016. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU 

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has contracted two local universities to supply it with 164,700 digital tablets required to conduct this year’s national population census.

KNBS director-general Zachary Mwangi said Monday that Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and Moi University will supply the agency with 164,700 tablets to conduct the exercise.

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