<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>+1 Matunda<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 8, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Matunda Nyanchama via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Friends,</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">This is a good discussions.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">But can you really consider ICT in the same terms as medicine, engineering, law, accounting, etc.?</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;">Consider that some of these professions have been around for centuries, have evolved codes/practices/ethics that have allowed for standardization (and hence regulation), mainly as a consequence impact on safety/lives/economy/etc. ICT, despite the speed with which it has allowed things to change, has yet to get there to be at par with some of these professions. Example: t<span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;">he core ICT subject matter expertise is not agreed across the board, although there is tendency towards convergence over the last 30 years. I have seen such disparate BScs in computer science/engineering with astounding variance! Amazing!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;">CSK's role was cut to help the profession mature in the country. It should do more and live to expectations. I have also seen a few names recently, mainly driven from private sector interests. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;">My guess: we're on an evolutionary path where the fittest will survive; fittest defined by terms like adaptation, innovation, relevance, etc.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
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