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Developers lined up for huge gains in software shift
Because of limited talent, the migration to FOSS will be in phases starting with KRA, the Treasury and CBK. Photo/File
The Government is doing away with copyrighted software for Free Open Source Software (FOSS) as it seeks to cut its expenditure on IT.
According to the directorate of e-Government, the migration will see related costs reduce by 20 per cent initially but improve to 80 per cent in three years of shift.