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

Wed May 7 17:24:25 EAT 2014

@Judy,

+1

I noted some unfounded "fears" about such a body on the Nation blog.  The proposed professional body is not in anyway intended to stop youngsters from coding solutions.  Particularly because most major inventions in IT were done by student folks in Universities - who never belonged to any professional body.

The main idea of the body is to provide a single-source of engagement with government, industry, civil society or any other group wishing to tap into a collective position on major ICT matters of public concern.  Without this we are just a tower of (many) Babels - as noted by Ali.

Meanwhile @Njogu, UK has indeed such a group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Computer_Society. The US does not exactly have it but has the role catered for. Check out 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/PCAST/pcast_big_data_and_privacy_-_may_2014.pdf

walu.

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On Wed, 5/7/14, Judy M. Muli via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who speaks for the ICT professionals in Kenya?
 To: jwalu at yahoo.com
 Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
 Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 4:01 PM

 Hello,Lawrence, that sounds like
 a serious research topic right  there; Concept paper
 coming right up!With all the earlier mentioned
 Professional institutions (ICPAK, Engineers, e.t.c) it
 borders on Minimum necessary professional Qualifications,
 Continuous professional development in the  sector, among
 others;
  For starters we just need to identify the
 Minimum necessary professional qualifications
 : Kind
 regards,Judy 

 On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Lawrence Njogu via kictanet
 <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
 wrote:

 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?

 CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
 From: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
 To: lnjogu at hotmail.com

 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?
 Regards 

 Ali
 Hussein

 +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113

 Twitter:
 @AliHKassim
 Skype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim

 Blog: www.alyhussein.com

 "I
 fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The
 world will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert
 Einstein
 Sent
 from my iPad

 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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