The government has shortlisted Moi University among five other public universities and other five firms to implement the primary school digital learning programme.

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The other universities shortlisted alongside Moi are Kenyatta University (KU), Dedan Kimathi University of Science and Technology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and The University of Nairobi (UoN).

On the other hand, the firms shortlisted for the lucrative project include Strathmore Research and Consultancy Centre (SRCC), Smoothtel and Data Solutions Ltd and Symphony Technologies Ltd, Lenovo East Africa Ltd and Hewlett-Packard East Africa Ltd (HP).

This is seen as a fresh effort to conclude the Sh24 billion tender for the supply of laptops to primary schools that has been elusive for two years.

The 10 successful firms were identified by the Information and Communication Technology Authority (ICTA) tender committee.

The short-listing followed a tender advertisement on September 4, 2015, for the supply of Teacher Digital Device (TDD), Learner Digital Device (LDD), Special Needs Education Learner Digital Device (SNELDD), servers, routers and projectors.

Some 25 firms tendered their documents.

According to ICTA, the successful firms will be given 50 schools for proof of concept and only firms that will deliver the first 50 schools shall be considered for the next round of 200,000 schools.

The laptop project was one of the Jubilee government's promise to Kenyans during the 2013 campaigns.