<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Avenir-Book" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I say this in jest…perhaps what’s necessary is ‘How the Internet works’ primer. That would very quickly demystify the idea that there are certain people called ‘ICT Practitioners’.<br class=""></font><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 19 Sep 2018, at 13:44, Thomas Kaberi via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: sans-serif;" class="">This is a very contentious issue with multiple and divergent interests.</span><div dir="auto" style="font-family: sans-serif;" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><span style="font-family: sans-serif;" class="">As Ali would put it Kila mwamba ngoma is going to vuta kwake </span> <div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">But let me start with congratulating you all for showing up to do this again, it clearly wasn't going to be a one time stand <div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""> <span style="font-family: sans-serif;" class="">On top of just fighting, this time we must be the ones to figure it out as well.</span><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">As some fight and others make noise and throw tantrums, while the majority flee and bury their heads -- in true Kenya style...</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I have listed below 11 key lessons we could borrow from the previous lobbying efforts in the first round.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">They are:<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">1. Find out the political reasons behind the bill</div><div dir="auto" class=""> --- there is always a few and they are the only ones that matter.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">2. Work with the mover and chairs very very closely but don't forget the researchers, committee members and support staff.</div><div dir="auto" class="">---major influences oftenly ignored to the peril of many.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">3. Lobby both one on one and committee. </div><div dir="auto" class="">---The members are smart human beings with personal views and positions that may not surface in group hearings for political and other reasons. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">---The one on one's give a view into the undercurrents and nuances in the committee proceedings preparing us not to react but respond effectively.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">4. Have a unified agenda and scenarios for both the fundamentals and specifics.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">--generalities and differences only serve to make the point that we are disorganised and don't know what we want. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">5. Give specific line by line recommendations. </div><div dir="auto" class="">--It easier to negotiate specifics</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">6. Educate the committee members about implications of each clause. </div><div dir="auto" class="">--don't assume they know and or connect with your views and context. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">7. This is going to be a hard, rough and windy road thus plan for both the best and worst outcomes. </div><div dir="auto" class="">--Frastration is a key strategy in the making of sausages that lawmaking is. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">8. That even within the sector we will detractors, armchair critics and lone ranger self seekers.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">---not everyone is saying what they mean and not few things are what they seem to be. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">10. Focus on what people really need beyond what what they seem to seek. </div><div dir="auto" class=""> -- Be open to giving more than you expect to give and take much less than you bargain for. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">11. Whoever hangs on long enough will have the best chance to win. </div><div dir="auto" class="">--We've done it before and we can do it again and again if that's what it takes. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 9:21 AM Barry Macharia via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear All <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is back in parliament again </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.cio.co.ke/kenyas-controversial-ict-practitioners-bill-re-emerges/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">https://www.cio.co.ke/kenyas-controversial-ict-practitioners-bill-re-emerges/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">regards </div><div class="">Barry </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">kictanet mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br class=""><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br class="">Twitter:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br class="">Facebook:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br class="">Domain Registration sponsored by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.eacdirectory.co.ke/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">www.eacdirectory.co.ke</a><br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe or change your options at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/thomaskaberi%40gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/thomaskaberi%40gmail.com</a><br class=""><br class="">The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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