<p dir="ltr">Its not so easy like lawyers or doctors as ict proffessionals dobt have a core trade. Is there a single set of skklls that an ICT proffessional requires that he can operate with without specialization?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 6, 2014 4:29 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><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>
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<div><br>On May 6, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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>
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