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

[Thomas Kaberi]

This is a very contentious  issue  with multiple and divergent interests.

As Ali would put it Kila  mwamba ngoma is going to vuta kwake

But let me start with congratulating you all for showing up to do this
again, it clearly  wasn't going to be a one time stand

 On top of just fighting, this time we must be the ones to figure it out as
well.

As some fight and others make noise and throw tantrums, while the majority
flee and bury their heads -- in true Kenya style...

I have listed below 11 key lessons  we could borrow from the previous
lobbying efforts in the first round.

They are:

1. Find out  the political reasons behind the bill
 --- there is always a few and they are the only ones that matter.

2. Work with the mover and chairs very very closely but don't forget the
researchers, committee members and support staff.
---major influences oftenly ignored to the peril of many.

3. Lobby both one on one and committee.
---The members are smart human beings with personal views  and positions
that may not surface in group hearings for political and other reasons.

---The one on one's give a view into the undercurrents and nuances in the
committee proceedings preparing us not to react but respond effectively.

4. Have a unified agenda and scenarios for both the fundamentals and
specifics.

--generalities and differences only serve to  make the point that we are
disorganised and don't know what we want.

5. Give specific  line by line recommendations.
--It easier to negotiate specifics

6. Educate  the committee members about implications of each clause.
--don't  assume they know and or connect with your views and context.


7. This is going to be a hard, rough and windy road thus plan for both the
best and worst outcomes.
--Frastration is a key strategy in the making of sausages that lawmaking
is.

8. That even within the sector we will detractors, armchair critics and
lone ranger self seekers.

---not everyone is saying what they mean and not few things are what they
seem to be.

10. Focus  on what people really need beyond  what what they seem to seek.
 -- Be open to giving more than you expect to give and take much less than
you bargain for.

11. Whoever hangs on long enough  will have the best chance to win.
--We've done it before and we can do it again and again if that's what it
takes.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 9:21 AM Barry Macharia via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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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