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

[Tony White]

Another piece of absolute nonsense.  Our ICT sector is too dynamic at
present, compared with the other professions cited, which are settled
and well established ...and are slow to change.  The ICTAK is in
favour of this because it promotes *their* agenda, which is not
aligned with the profession as a whole - indeed, I suspect they are
behind the bill's creation.

Let's hope that CS Mucheru - who has stated that the bill is not
ministry or government policy - will push for the rejection of the
bill when it comes to a vote in the national assembly.

Cheers,
Tony



On 08/07/2016, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> @Waudo,
>
> The industry has tackled the bill on multiple fronts. There have been
> memoranda from multiple sources to parliament in rejection of the bill in
> totality. Distinguished progressive Members of the National Assembly have
> also been contacted to fight for the interests of the community, and moreso
> the youth. All this effort culminated with the CS of ICT issuing the
> statement that went out on Wednesday.
>
> On that note, and to strengthen the process, it would be great if CSK
> approach it's lawyers, and members, and also submits a response to the
> Clerk of the National Assembly. Together we are stronger.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>
>
>
> On 8 July 2016 at 10:37, waudo siganga via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Ali, Koris, Ngigi, and others - I hope we still get some advise from our
>> ICT legal minds e.g. Bomu, Muriungi, Sihanhya, etc. in order to have a
>> structured way forward Where, for example, and in what format does one
>> present objections to the MPs since the bill has already been rushed
>> there? Is it too late to stop the MPs from even considering it? How come
>> the CS has disowned it and yet it is still moving forward?
>>
>> W.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet 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
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>> >
>> >
>> > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
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>> >
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>> >
>> > >
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Tony White