[kictanet] OCHUODHO: It is high time order was brought to the ICT sector

Sat Nov 5 20:15:05 EAT 2016

I wrote an article after reviewing the bill. I have attached the link
below. Please share it with those who haven't read the bill.
http://monyango.com/index.php/2016/10/04/really-regulate-tech/

On 05/11/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> This bill needs to be discussed in the ICT Summit at State House.
>
> Let the Jubilee Government tell us in no uncertain terms that that's the way
> they intend to create jobs in ICT.
>
> As for Dr. Ochuodho he certainly gets our respect for the work he has done
> in ICT in this country but to purport to support a bill he hasn't read is a
> very strange thing for a man of his stature..
>
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> no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
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>> On 5 Nov 2016, at 6:30 PM, DigitalTVAfrica via kictanet
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> I hope Tony's mail has put an end to the campaign. Thanks for closing this
>> debate Tony White.
>>
>>> On Saturday, November 5, 2016, Tony White via kictanet
>>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>> I wonder if Shem, who admits to not reading the bill he advocates,
>>> takes his car for repair to a mechanical engineer, registered as an
>>> engineer - or does he (like most of us) take it to his friendly local
>>> mechanic?
>>>
>>> Strangely, the mechanical engineer probably would be unable (and
>>> certainly unwilling) to get out his socket set and fix the car -
>>> although he should be able to tell Shem how an internal combustion
>>> engine works (and design one, should the need arise).
>>>
>>> Shem writes an 'oped' piece in the 'Nation' - does he need
>>> certification as a 'journalist' to do that?
>>>
>>> Confusion also arises as to 'What *is* ICT'?  Is it the design of a
>>> 'computer' (or associated hardware)? - NO - that is the province of
>>> the electrical engineer!  Is it, then, the operation of a computing
>>> 'device'? - NO - that is the province of the 'end user', in the same
>>> sense as that of the operation of a TV - we all operate our TVs, and
>>> watch programs of our choice, and we don't need any kind of
>>> certification to do that.
>>>
>>> So is ICT the development of computer programs? - maybe - yet it still
>>> depends on the intended purpose of the program in question.  If I
>>> write a 'game' for an Android phone, do I need a license? - I hope
>>> not!  But how about if I write a program to control a medical device?
>>> - Ah! now we are getting into territory where some kind of regulation
>>> is required - but is it the ICT component which needs the regulation,
>>> or would it not be the medical device which would need to be certified
>>> - and that falls into a different category (and sector) altogether.
>>> If I were the designer of the medical device, I would want to make
>>> damn sure the software engineer was qualified - but still, I don't
>>> think having a GoK license would prove his qualification to do the
>>> job.
>>>
>>> If we apply the same criteria to examine any aspect of ICT, I think
>>> the conclusion would be that there is no such thing as an 'ICT
>>> Professional' - although many of us may well be professionals in
>>> fields which have some overlap with ICT - it is the common ground
>>> where we meet - together with many who would not be described as
>>> professionals at all.  And that is OK!
>>>
>>> Enjoy your weekend,
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/11/2016, alex watila via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> wrote:
>>> > maybe someone read it for him ;-)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 5 Nov 2016 15:44, waudo siganga via kictanet
>>> > <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> my brother Shem says in the article that he is supporting the bill but
>>> >> has
>>> >> NOT yet read it!
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sat, Nov 5, 2016, at 02:24 PM, Kamotho Njenga via kictanet wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Oracles from the father of Kenya's Internet......
>>> >>>
>>> >>> http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/It-is-high-time-order-was-brought-to-the-ICT-sector/440808-3441276-9qfmmgz/index.html
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Kamotho
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