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

[Matunda Nyanchama]

Friends,

This is a good discussions.

But can you really consider ICT in the same terms as medicine, engineering, law, accounting, etc.?

Consider that some of these professions have been around for centuries, have evolved codes/practices/ethics that have allowed for standardization (and hence regulation), mainly as a consequence impact on safety/lives/economy/etc. ICT, despite the speed with which it has allowed things to change, has yet to get there to be at par with some of these professions. Example: the core ICT subject matter expertise is not agreed across the board, although there is tendency towards convergence over the last 30 years. I have seen such disparate BScs in computer science/engineering with astounding variance! Amazing!

CSK's role was cut to help the profession mature in the country. It should do more and live to expectations. I have also seen a few names recently, mainly driven from private sector interests. 

My guess: we're on an evolutionary path where the fittest will survive; fittest defined by terms like adaptation, innovation, relevance, etc.

Shukrani. 
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