"The problem of electronic waste is real. You can go to a school and find a lab with 40 computers that are obsolete. We don't want to be used as a dumping ground although we need these machines," said Atwine. "Machines should be tested for functionality before they are allowed into the country; people should not be denied the advantages of technology on the basis of e-waste dumping."

While donating PCs, scanners, photocopiers and printers to Computer Aid International, the deputy British High Commission to Kenya, Louise De Souza, underscored the need for proper electronic waste management.

"Computer Aid offers the British and Commonwealth office a chance to contribute to community ICT development as well as environmentally friendly ways to dispose the equipment because they track and recall computers once they get to the end of life," said De Souza.