[kictanet] ICT Bill is not going away

[Ali Hussein]

John

That's incorrect. Lots of engagement with parliament and sector players has happened. I think for the first time we are seeing a concerted effort across the industry to kill this bill. Progress is being made.

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> On 1 Aug 2016, at 12:11 PM, John Gitau via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> For this particular ICT bill. No known engagement has happened.
> 
> Jgitau
> 
>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> Apologies in advance for my ignorance-What kind of formal or informal engagement has happened related to the ICT bill?
>> 
>> From: kictanet <kictanet-bounces+ebeleokobi=fb.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke> on behalf of Watila Alex via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Reply-To: "awatila at yahoo.co.uk" <awatila at yahoo.co.uk>, KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Date: Monday, August 1, 2016 at 8:08 AM
>> To: Ebele Okobi <ebeleokobi at fb.com>
>> Cc: Watila Alex <awatila at yahoo.co.uk>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Bill is not going away
>> 
>> they are not being honest.
>> 
>> based on the views they have received they can recommend its withdrawal.
>> 
>> regards,
>> 
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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>> On Mon, 1 Aug, 2016 at 9:50, Tony White via kictanet
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Our-hands-tied-in-ICT-Bill/996-3324824-5haiq1/index.html
>> 
>> We need a proper public consultation on this, in the same way as the
>> current Cybercrimes bill, and the recent ICT policy.
>> 
>> Just another thought that has not so far been raised: Engineers are
>> also 'ICT Practitioners', so are some lawyers, so are some doctors, so
>> are many other professions, which each already have their own
>> registration.  So they now must ALSO be registered as ICT
>> practitioners?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Tony White
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