<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478421058852_17420"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478421058852_17419"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478421058852_17508" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478421058852_17507">This in one example of a dictionary definition that run against common sense. The title of the oldest profession is usually conferred to prostitution.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478421058852_19387"> According to the <a title="World Almanac" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478421058852_17615" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Almanac" title-off=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478421058852_17616" color="#0066cc">World Almanac</font></a> website, nominations for the second oldest profession include: actors, casino gambling, con men, counterfeiting, gigolos, glassmaking, interpreters, journalism, moving companies, pharmacists, pick pocketing, pimpery, piracy, press agents, spying, and quackery. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478421058852_19389" dir="ltr">Many of these may not qualify as having a recognised body of knowledge, ethics that members abide by, and research going on in the body of knowledge. However; they all have recognition.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478421058852_23207" dir="ltr">The trick when drafting laws is to start by defining terms in such a way that we exclude interpretations that may justify illegal activities. That way brother Shem may be right. But then ICT pirates, ICT pimps, ICT quacks, ICT counterfeiters, ICT spies and ICT con men may also qualify as ICT professionals.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478421058852_38137" dir="ltr">James Kulubi</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, 5 November 2016, 16:34, alex watila via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7575946935"><div><div dir="ltr">a profession requires a recorgnised body of knowledge, ethics that members abide by, research going on in the body of knowledge and recognition</div>
<div class="yiv7575946935yqt5004921021" id="yiv7575946935yqt70411"><div class="yiv7575946935gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7575946935gmail_quote">On 5 Nov 2016 15:22, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv7575946935quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'colfaxregular' , 'avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069' , 'nimbus sans tw01' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"><div style="margin:0px 0px 15.600000000000001px;color:rgb( 93 , 93 , 93 );font-size:17px;font-family:'georgia' , 'itc century w01 light';line-height:25px;">"The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines “profession” as “a calling requiring specialised knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation”.Does IT/ICT, therefore, qualify as a “profession” or vocation? Yes, of course, it does."</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 15.600000000000001px;color:rgb( 93 , 93 , 93 );font-size:17px;font-family:'georgia' , 'itc century w01 light';line-height:25px;">Long and intensive academic preparation? In the knowledge economy/digital age, the length has been drastically reduced.Perhaps there needs to be a new definition of the term "profession" that takes into consideration things like e-learning and "YouTube university". ICT underpines every profession so a doctor can be an IT expert in the medical field. With all due respect, the ICT sector is still growing and there's going to be a whole lot of chaos, I mean, innovation, before order is brought.</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 15.600000000000001px;color:rgb( 93 , 93 , 93 );font-size:17px;font-family:'georgia' , 'itc century w01 light';line-height:25px;">Regards,</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 15.600000000000001px;color:rgb( 93 , 93 , 93 );font-size:17px;font-family:'georgia' , 'itc century w01 light';line-height:25px;">Mildred Achoch.</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 15.600000000000001px;color:rgb( 93 , 93 , 93 );font-size:17px;font-family:'georgia' , 'itc century w01 light';line-height:25px;"><br clear="none"></div></div>On Saturday, November 5, 2016, Kamotho Njenga via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Oracles from the father of Kenya's Internet......<div><br clear="none"></div><div><div><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" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/ Opinion/It-is-high-time-order- was-brought-to-the-ICT-sector/ 440808-3441276-9qfmmgz/index. html</a><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Kamotho</div></div></div>
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