ICT Authority boss claims sack threat over Nairobi Expressway budget
Friday May 14 2021
By EDWIN MUTAI
Summary
The ICT Authority (ICTA) chief executive, Katherine Getao, has claimed that she was threatened with sacking for declining to provide Sh180 million for the relocation of internet cables from the new Nairobi Expressway construction corridor.
She told Parliament that unnamed politicians unsuccessfully tried to pressure her to release the amount which the agency had not budgeted to spend.
The ICT Authority (ICTA) chief executive, Katherine Getao, has claimed that she was threatened with sacking for declining to provide Sh180 million for the relocation of internet cables from the new Nairobi Expressway construction corridor.
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March 13th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
ICT Authority CEO Dr Katherine Getao, Prof John Muteti of Nacada and Helb CEO Charles Ringera during the Helb 2021 Universities Consultative Forum on Thursday. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]
The High Education Loans Board (Helb) has proposed that all First Year students in institutions of higher learning in the country be given loans to buy laptops.
Chief Executive Officer Charles Ringera said this will address inequality among students witnessed since the e-learning platform introduced in various learning institutions.
He said students from poor families had disadvantaged when it came to e-learning.
He was making a presentation during the board’s 2021 universities consultative forum in Mombasa.