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

Wed May 7 20:46:47 EAT 2014

That is a good link @jwalu for British Computer Society. I thought our
Computer Society of Kenya does play the same role as BCS, therefore we
have representation! Is that the case?

On 07/05/2014, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> @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.
>
> --------------------------------------------
> 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
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>  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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