This follows the development of an information technology (IT)-based solution that instantly informs a customer if he or she has bought a genuine or pirated book. He warned school heads, university lecturers and student for being on the forefront for using pirated books and called on them to be abandon the illegal practice. The greater loss is poor quality books schools get affecting the quality of learning, loss of revenue to Government and loss of jobs," Waweru said. "About 70 per cent of the pirated books carry wrong content, having incorrect, mixed up or missing pages. But with this technology, traders in counterfeit or pirated books will no longer dupe unsuspecting consumers," Sossion said.

Source: Standard Digital February 14, 2017 08:27 UTC