I think the initial intention was good. To curb rogue practitioners, minimize foreign sub-contracting by tenderpreneurs etc, which is actually a really huge problem in this industry. The way they're choosing to do it however, simply does not make sense, it only hurts the industry and will highly curb developments. I also don't understand why we need an ICT board while ICTA already exists. Or why they're limiting players by educational competencies in a field where the best of its people are self-taught. 

Additionally, ICT is an extremely diverse field. Project managers, Strategists, Technical writers etc can all be termed as ICT practitioners yet they do not necessarily posses degrees in IT. So, who exactly is an ICT Practitioner? 

So as I refuse to support this particular bill, maybe we need to open dialogue on how best to curb the issues we're facing as well, instead of waiting for people to write white papers and bills on our behalf which we then happily protest (and tweet, and rant and hashtag) against :)

Sarah Kagotho,
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On 6 July 2016 at 09:20, Mwendwa Kivuva via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

All the current laws and constitution in Kenya protect citizens in their day to day activities. Over legislation will slow down or kill the ICT industry

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On 6 July 2016 at 09:12, Joseph Maina via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

Its all about morals

We have Dentist, doctors, Architects, Engineers,  who have a regulatory bodies , they  have not prevented  us from collapsed buildings, negligent doctors and all other things.  This bill is just a way of government making money

#idontsupport it 

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Job Muriuki via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

I have come across rogue techies who leave clients in problems in turn leaving the rest exposed to hostile potential clients.

Without such a bill how can this be handled? 

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Job Muriuki,

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On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Solomon Kariri via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

We seem to have weird ways of self destructing. I do not support the ICT bill
#NoToICTPractionersBill

Solomon Kariri,

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Skype: solomonkariri

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 6:38 AM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

Hey guys,
Please read for yourself the Bill, which was already introduced in Parliament (National Assembly)
. It among other things requires ICT professionals to acquire licences before they can practice, undertake annual practicums and licence their businesses. If the Bill is passed into law, one cannot practice ICT without a licence. See the Bill here:
http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2016/InformationCommunicationTechnologyPractitioners_Bill_2016.pdf

There are people organising to take action on KICTANet kictanet.or.ke and on Twitter #KillICTBill.

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