Kenya Linux group challenges procurement policies
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.
LPA will hold meetings with the PPOA to alert it about the implementation of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act (2005) and how it does not give open-source developers a chance to present their products to government ministries.
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