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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

LOCAL NEWS 5TH NOV 2014 KEN SIMIYU THREE SCHOOLS BENEFIT FROM THE LAPDESK PROJECT IN TURKANA COUNTY



Three schools in Turkana County  were provided by lap desks for studies from General Motors East Africa, the desks which are portable were given to Kanamkemer primary school, Naotin and Kakwanyang primary schools in which each school received 300 desks.
Speaking during the handing over of the desks today, the General Human Resource Manager Mr. Fred Wasike said that their aim is to improve learning conditions in the country especially to those students in schools without enough sitting materials.
He also said they have a long term project which will enable them to distribute 10 – 20 thousand lap desks each year to different schools around the country but their main focus will be on schools in marginalized region.
The D.E.O Turkana central Mr. Muthengi said that the desks will help create conducive learning conditions for pupils especially in Kanamkemer primary school where the biggest challenge is provision of adequate and appropriate infrastructures for learners.
The head teacher Kanamkemer primary school Mr. Abong hopes that the desks will help improve the student’s handwriting and also improve their learning condition

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