<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, "ITC Century W01 Light"; line-height: 25px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61320">John Walubengo’s recent <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/3290310/-/khfydez/-/index.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 171, 226);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61321">blog post</a> targeted ICTAK unfairly and raises critical issues of authenticity and factual worth.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, "ITC Century W01 Light"; line-height: 25px;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61322">The article needs to be understood in the context of the ICT Practitioners Bill 2016, that ICTAK has petitioned Parliament to consider.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15.6px;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61322"><font color="#808080" face="Georgia, ITC Century W01 Light" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61350"><span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61351"><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/-The-ICT-Practitioners-Bill-ICTAK/-/620/3300392/-/89c32w/-/index.html" class="enhancr2_417c8f2f-fe6b-1b57-c3f4-c99effc55752" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61374">NJENGA: ICT Practitioners Bill is timely and advances excellence</a></span></font><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61382"><br></div><div id="enhancr2_417c8f2f-fe6b-1b57-c3f4-c99effc55752" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card  ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style img-overlay-selected" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" contenteditable="false" data-url="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/-The-ICT-Practitioners-Bill-ICTAK/-/620/3300392/-/89c32w/-/index.html" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium" dir="ltr"> <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/-The-ICT-Practitioners-Bill-ICTAK/-/620/3300392/-/89c32w/-/index.html" style="text-decoration:none !important; color: #000 !important;" class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61411"> <table class="card-wrapper yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="max-width:400px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61410"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61409"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61408"> <td width="400" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61407"> <table class="card yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61406"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61405"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61404"> <td class="card-primary-image-cell" style="background:#000 url('https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/zIx7eRJopU2N4WvGWF7_ew--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.nation.co.ke/image/view/-/3300496/medRes/1303608/-/2kim4az/-/kamotho.jpg.cf.jpg') no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;height:200px;position:relative;" background="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/zIx7eRJopU2N4WvGWF7_ew--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.nation.co.ke/image/view/-/3300496/medRes/1303608/-/2kim4az/-/kamotho.jpg.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61403"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/zIx7eRJopU2N4WvGWF7_ew--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.nation.co.ke/image/view/-/3300496/medRes/1303608/-/2kim4az/-/kamotho.jpg.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" valign="top" style="width:100%;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61402"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61401"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61400"> <td style="background:transparent url('https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png') repeat left top;height:200px;" background="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png" bgcolor="transparent" valign="top" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468848410612_61399"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:-18px;left:0;"><v:fill type="pattern" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png"/><v:textbox inset="0,0,20px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