An informative article. Thanks. <div><br></div><div>Quote from the article: "<span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:30px">Lon Fuller in his book the Morality of Law writes about King Rex who promulgated a law that required his subjects to appear before the throne once summoned in ten seconds. His subjects responded by sending him a leaflet which read, “To command what cannot be done is not to make law; it is to unmake law, for a command that cannot be obeyed serves no end but confusion, fear and chaos.”</span><div><font color="#555555" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:17px;line-height:30px"><br></span></font>On Saturday, November 5, 2016, Francis Monyango via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I wrote an article after reviewing the bill. I have attached the link<br>
below. Please share it with those who haven't read the bill.<br>
<a href="http://monyango.com/index.php/2016/10/04/really-regulate-tech/" target="_blank">http://monyango.com/index.php/<wbr>2016/10/04/really-regulate-<wbr>tech/</a><br>
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On 05/11/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke')">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
> This bill needs to be discussed in the ICT Summit at State House.<br>
><br>
> Let the Jubilee Government tell us in no uncertain terms that that's the way<br>
> they intend to create jobs in ICT.<br>
><br>
> As for Dr. Ochuodho he certainly gets our respect for the work he has done<br>
> in ICT in this country but to purport to support a bill he hasn't read is a<br>
> very strange thing for a man of his stature..<br>
><br>
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> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what<br>
> no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi<br>
><br>
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>> On 5 Nov 2016, at 6:30 PM, DigitalTVAfrica via kictanet<br>
>> <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke')">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I hope Tony's mail has put an end to the campaign. Thanks for closing this<br>
>> debate Tony White.<br>
>><br>
>>> On Saturday, November 5, 2016, Tony White via kictanet<br>
>>> <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke')">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> I wonder if Shem, who admits to not reading the bill he advocates,<br>
>>> takes his car for repair to a mechanical engineer, registered as an<br>
>>> engineer - or does he (like most of us) take it to his friendly local<br>
>>> mechanic?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Strangely, the mechanical engineer probably would be unable (and<br>
>>> certainly unwilling) to get out his socket set and fix the car -<br>
>>> although he should be able to tell Shem how an internal combustion<br>
>>> engine works (and design one, should the need arise).<br>
>>><br>
>>> Shem writes an 'oped' piece in the 'Nation' - does he need<br>
>>> certification as a 'journalist' to do that?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Confusion also arises as to 'What *is* ICT'? Is it the design of a<br>
>>> 'computer' (or associated hardware)? - NO - that is the province of<br>
>>> the electrical engineer! Is it, then, the operation of a computing<br>
>>> 'device'? - NO - that is the province of the 'end user', in the same<br>
>>> sense as that of the operation of a TV - we all operate our TVs, and<br>
>>> watch programs of our choice, and we don't need any kind of<br>
>>> certification to do that.<br>
>>><br>
>>> So is ICT the development of computer programs? - maybe - yet it still<br>
>>> depends on the intended purpose of the program in question. If I<br>
>>> write a 'game' for an Android phone, do I need a license? - I hope<br>
>>> not! But how about if I write a program to control a medical device?<br>
>>> - Ah! now we are getting into territory where some kind of regulation<br>
>>> is required - but is it the ICT component which needs the regulation,<br>
>>> or would it not be the medical device which would need to be certified<br>
>>> - and that falls into a different category (and sector) altogether.<br>
>>> If I were the designer of the medical device, I would want to make<br>
>>> damn sure the software engineer was qualified - but still, I don't<br>
>>> think having a GoK license would prove his qualification to do the<br>
>>> job.<br>
>>><br>
>>> If we apply the same criteria to examine any aspect of ICT, I think<br>
>>> the conclusion would be that there is no such thing as an 'ICT<br>
>>> Professional' - although many of us may well be professionals in<br>
>>> fields which have some overlap with ICT - it is the common ground<br>
>>> where we meet - together with many who would not be described as<br>
>>> professionals at all. And that is OK!<br>
>>><br>
>>> Enjoy your weekend,<br>
>>> Tony<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On 05/11/2016, alex watila via kictanet <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke')">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>> > maybe someone read it for him ;-)<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > On 5 Nov 2016 15:44, waudo siganga via kictanet<br>
>>> > <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke')">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> my brother Shem says in the article that he is supporting the bill but<br>
>>> >> has<br>
>>> >> NOT yet read it!<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> On Sat, Nov 5, 2016, at 02:24 PM, Kamotho Njenga via kictanet wrote:<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> Oracles from the father of Kenya's Internet......<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/It-is-high-time-order-was-brought-to-the-ICT-sector/440808-3441276-9qfmmgz/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/<wbr>Opinion/It-is-high-time-order-<wbr>was-brought-to-the-ICT-sector/<wbr>440808-3441276-9qfmmgz/index.<wbr>html</a><br>
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