The Auditor General has revealed that the government made irregular procurement of MacBooks and iPads by inflating their costs by 200 per cent.

In her report, Nancy Gathungu revealed that the State Department of Higher Education bought six MacBooks and two iPads at a cost of Ksh2,995,920 and Ksh920,000, respectively.

Therefore, the ministry ended up acquiring each MacBook laptop and iPad at a cost of Ksh499,320 and Ksh460,000, respectively.

Gathungu noted that this was in stark contrast to their quoted prices of Ksh180,000 (MacBook) and Ksh360,000 that would have cost Ksh1,800,000.