[kictanet] Fwd: STATEMENT ON THE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) PRACTITIONERS BILL 2016 BY ICTA

Fri Jul 8 10:57:34 EAT 2016

[Resending as earlier message was sent accidentally]

Ali, et al,

As we all know, by and large we use ICT products/services that are built on
global technical standards.

The ICT experts and users in Kenya and globally use, implement or create
products and services that are built on these global technical standards.
These technical standards are built on guiding principles, such as
end-to-end interoperability, that ensure continued evolution and
permissionless innovation.

I find it disingenuous, for a non ICT-standards making body, to propose
policy that defines who is a practitioner of a resource, that knows no
boundaries and is designed to empower everyone to be creative and
innovative.

Based on this proposed I have the following questions;

1. Is the law subject to Kenyans only or it includes foreign experts
working locally if yes to both then;

- What implications does this have on expatriates working in Kenya
developing or implementing solutions and don't have the practitioners
license ?

- How does this affect multinational organizations that have setup bases in
Kenya and wish to hire foreign experts to work here as implementers,
developers, etc.

1.1 If it is subject to Kenyans only - what message does this send to other
ICT practitioners globally ?

2. There are many Kenyans ICT practitioners plying their trade outside of
the country.

-  What implications or value will the license have ?

Just my immediate thoughts.

Regards,

Michuki.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki.mwangi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ali, et al,
>
> As we all know, by and large we use ICT products/services that are built
> on global technical standards.
>
>
> The ICT experts and users in Kenya and globally use, implement or create
> products and services that are built on these global technical standards.
> These technical standards are built on guiding principles, such as
> end-to-end interoperability, that ensure continued evolution and
> permissionless innovation.
>
>
> I find it disingenuous, for a non ICT-standards making body, to propose
> policy that defines who is a practitioner of a resource, that knows no
> boundaries and is designed to empower everyone to be creative and
> innovative.
>
>
> Based on this bill i ask the following;
>
>
> 1. Is the law subject to Kenyans only or it includes foreign experts
> working locally if yes to both the;
>
> What implications does this have on expatriates working in Kenya
> developing or implementing solutions and don't have the practitioners
> license ?
>
>
> 2. How does this affect multinational organizations that have setup bases
> in Kenya and wish to hire foreign experts to work here as implementers,
> developers, etc.
>
>
> 3. If the law is subject to Kenyans only
>
>
>
> I find it disingenuous for a non ICT-standards making body, to propose
> code of practice on globally developed ICT standards.
>
> - What of expatriates working at Huawei, IBM, etc offices locally. If this
> only applies to locals what message are we sending to the rest of the world
> ?.
>
> - Are they aware that there are many Kenyan ICT experts that practice
> outside the country - what implications or value will this license bring to
> them?.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Ali,
>>
>> It's very clear now where this bill most likely comes from!
>>
>> And any one whose line of thought starts with "...the rate at which
>> technology evolves does not outstrip existing policy and legal
>> frameworks‎..." clearly does *not* understand technology, which always
>> outstrips policy & legal frameworks.
>>
>> If ICTAK wants to regulate it's own members, fine. Let them draft the
>> most draconian and I'll thought regulations they can‎. Just don't impose
>> them onto the rest of us.
>>
>> On another note, the ones with the 'powers'; the name ICTAK uses, is it
>> legal? It seems to give credence to the fact that they represent ICT
>> practitioners in Kenya, which the do not.
>>
>> Waithaka Ngigi
>>
>> Alliance Technologies
>> www.at.co.ke
>>   Original Message
>> From: Ali Hussein via kictanet
>> Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 9:09 AM
>> To: Ngigi Waithaka
>> Reply To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> Cc: Ali Hussein
>> Subject: [kictanet] Fwd: STATEMENT ON THE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION
>> TECHNOLOGY (ICT) PRACTITIONERS BILL 2016 BY ICTA
>>
>> Listers
>>
>> Please see attached. Clearly we have a fight in our hands. Let's not let
>> up on this.
>>
>> Ali Hussein
>> Principal
>> Hussein & Associates
>> +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375
>>
>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>
>>
>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>
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>>
>> >
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