[kictanet] controversial-it-practitioners-bill-re-emerges

Wed Sep 19 12:26:26 EAT 2018

What issues?

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 12:15 PM Hannington Oduor via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Thank you Hussain
>
> A task force  is a must, much as i believe that there is one in place,
> this will ensure that the bill is not only sired, but sired in the right
> time and with the capacity to address the critical issues within the
> industry.
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:25 AM Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Listers
>>
>> This bill is being pushed from all angles of the government. From the
>> Ministry (The CS is on record that he will support or even sponsor such a
>> bill) and it now seems Parliament. My take on this bill is that:-
>>
>> 1. Whilst most of us will oppose this bill we must be strategic in how we
>> engage and ensure our voice is heard.
>> 2. We must insist on a transparent Public Participation Process and clear
>> feedback mechanism on how we progress on this.
>> 3. We must be ready to go to court if need be to ensure our voice is
>> heard.
>> 4. We must ensure that this bill is not turned into a Rent-Seeking
>> Mechanism and that if it does pass (that it is in the spirit of ensuring
>> that the sector progresses to world class standards.
>> 5. We must hold our representatives to account and ensure that they
>> understand what it is they are proposing.
>> 6. Last but not least the bill MUST start with a definition of who an ICT
>> Practitioner is. This is the million dollar question that MUST be answered
>> before we even deign to progress any conversations.
>>
>> I suggest that KICTANet forms a high level committee to drive our agenda.
>> I'm asking this mainly informed by this simple fact:-
>>
>> If you are not at the table eating then you either of the following:-
>> 1. You are the food.
>> 2. You have been left out completely
>> 3. Or you are serving the food and will probably be left with the scraps
>> after everyone has eaten.
>>
>> Regards
>>
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>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:22 AM Barry Macharia via kictanet <
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>>> Dear All
>>>
>>> This is back in parliament again
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.cio.co.ke/kenyas-controversial-ict-practitioners-bill-re-emerges/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Barry
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