<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Grace</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for bringing this up. </div><div><br></div><div>Walu, thanks for the thoughtful piece. Indeed its a major issue. I'm not sure whether we need regulation or a lobby group. Or both? There are various moribund associations that purport to represent ICT in the country. And some new ones that seem to be getting some traction.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe that's why the government doesn't listen to us? We are a Tower of Babel?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards <br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On May 6, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">The lawyers have the </span><a href="http://www.lsk.or.ke/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 171, 226); font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Law Society of Kenya</a><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;"> (LSK), the engineers have the </span><a href="http://www.ebk.or.ke/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 171, 226); font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Engineers Board of Kenya</a><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;"> (EBK) the doctors have the </span><a href="http://medicalboard.co.ke/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 120, 170); outline: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board</a><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">, the media professionals have the </span><a href="http://www.mediacouncil.or.ke/en/mck/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 171, 226); font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Media Council of Kenya</a><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;"> while the accountants have </span><a href="http://www.icpak.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 171, 226); font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">ICPAK</a><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">. But who speaks for the ICT professionals in Kenya?</span><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2305252/-/1208fkiz/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2305252/-/1208fkiz/-/index.html</a></div> </div>
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