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

[kanini mutemi]

I say this in jest…perhaps what’s necessary is ‘How the Internet works’ primer. That would very quickly demystify the idea that there are certain people called ‘ICT Practitioners’.

> On 19 Sep 2018, at 13:44, Thomas Kaberi via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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 <mailto: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/ <https://www.cio.co.ke/kenyas-controversial-ict-practitioners-bill-re-emerges/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> regards 
> Barry 
> 
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