<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>Walu and all of us who have stood to be counted.</div><div><br></div><div>Kudos to all of us. </div><div><br></div><div>Shadowy forces indeed!</div><div><br></div><div>If Kamotho has the interest of the industry at heart and not act as 'gatekeeper' to the industry then:-</div><div><br></div><div>1. Why did he not engage widely?</div><div>2. Who are the members of ICTAK? </div><div>3. Who is ICTAK? How representative is it of the industry? </div><div>4. Where is his participation in the ICT Policy discussions that have been ongoing? </div><div><br></div><div>This business of starting to accuse Shadowy figures is a Kenyan pastime. Let Kamotho know that KEPSA, KICTANET, KIPSOS, BAKE are all against This <b>Gatekeeper Bill</b>. Let him start by first withdrawing the bill and then engage all for the betterment of this industry. </div><div><br></div><div>Of course if he has the interest of the country at heart.</div><div><br></div><div>No shadowy figures here. We are all known.</div><div><br><div><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><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></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 0713 601113 / 0770906375</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></span></p><font><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>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</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><div><br>On 19 Jul 2016, at 8:16 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@gw.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@gw.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><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; 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