:Kenya Linux Group Challenges Procurement Policies
Kenya Linux Group Challenges Procurement Policies May 27, 2008, 16 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (2593 reads) (Other stories by Rebecca Wanjiku)
"After losing out on many software tenders to the government, the Linux Professional Association (LPA) will engage the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) in Kenya over procurement rules, according to the association chairman.
"The association members have been locked out of government tenders because the requests for proposals are usually skewed toward Microsoft products, therefore locking out open-source software developed locally, says LPA Chairman Evans Ikua..."
