[kictanet] Who speaks for the ICT professionals in Kenya?

Tue May 6 19:28:32 EAT 2014

Even in the developed world, ICT does not have an internationally accepted lobby group or aggregation body of knowledge. The first step would be to clearly define the core body of knowledge outlining the foundational knowledge for specific subject domain(s) or professions with ICT. They would outline a set of "core" knowledge underlying the specialist or specialty
 knowledge within ICT. Then you could possibly have an umbrella body that brings the various domains into a congregate/communal lobby group.

Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 18:37:38 +0300
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who speaks for the ICT professionals in Kenya?
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Its not so easy like lawyers or doctors as ict proffessionals dobt have a core trade. Is there a single set of skklls that an ICT proffessional requires that he can operate with without specialization?
On May 6, 2014 4:29 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Grace
Thanks for bringing this up. 
Walu, thanks for the thoughtful piece. Indeed its a major issue. I'm not sure whether we need regulation or a lobby group. Or both? There are various moribund associations that purport to represent ICT in the country. And some new ones that seem to be getting some traction.

Maybe that's why the government doesn't listen to us? We are a Tower of Babel?
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On May 6, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

The lawyers have the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), the engineers have the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) the doctors have the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board, the media professionals have the Media Council of Kenya while the accountants have ICPAK.  But who speaks for the ICT professionals in Kenya?

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2305252/-/1208fkiz/-/index.html

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