Mwendwa, It interesting to note that Computer Society of Kenya has been around for over 27 years(since 1986). As @jwalu puts it in his article, by virtue of having been instituted by an Act of Parliament, the other statutory bodies seam to have an upper hand. On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
That is a good link @jwalu for British Computer Society. I thought our Computer Society of Kenya does play the same role as BCS, therefore we have representation! Is that the case?
@Judy,
+1
I noted some unfounded "fears" about such a body on the Nation blog. The proposed professional body is not in anyway intended to stop youngsters from coding solutions. Particularly because most major inventions in IT were done by student folks in Universities - who never belonged to any professional body.
The main idea of the body is to provide a single-source of engagement with government, industry, civil society or any other group wishing to tap into a collective position on major ICT matters of public concern. Without
On 07/05/2014, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: this we
are just a tower of (many) Babels - as noted by Ali.
Meanwhile @Njogu, UK has indeed such a group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Computer_Society. The US does not exactly have it but has the role catered for. Check out
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/PCAST/pcast_bi...
walu.
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who speaks for the ICT professionals in Kenya? To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 4:01 PM
Hello,Lawrence, that sounds like a serious research topic right there; Concept paper coming right up!With all the earlier mentioned Professional institutions (ICPAK, Engineers, e.t.c) it borders on Minimum necessary professional Qualifications, Continuous professional development in the sector, among others; For starters we just need to identify the Minimum necessary professional qualifications : Kind regards,Judy
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Lawrence Njogu via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Even in the developed world, ICT does not have an internationally accepted lobby group or aggregation body of knowledge. The first step would be to clearly define the core body of knowledge outlining the foundational knowledge for specific subject domain(s) or professions with ICT. They would outline a set of "core" knowledge underlying the specialist or specialty knowledge within ICT. Then you could possibly have an umbrella body that brings the various domains into a congregate/communal lobby group.
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 18:37:38 +0300 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who speaks for the ICT professionals in Kenya?
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Its not so easy like lawyers or doctors as ict proffessionals dobt have a core trade. Is there a single set of skklls that an ICT proffessional requires that he can operate with without specialization?
On May 6, 2014 4:29 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Grace Thanks for bringing this up. Walu, thanks for the thoughtful piece. Indeed its a major issue. I'm not sure whether we need regulation or a lobby group. Or both? There are various moribund associations that purport to represent ICT in the country. And some new ones that seem to be getting some traction.
Maybe that's why the government doesn't listen to us? We are a Tower of Babel? Regards
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On May 6, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The lawyers have the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), the engineers have the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) the doctors have the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board, the media professionals have the Media Council of Kenya while the accountants have ICPAK. But who speaks for the ICT professionals in Kenya?
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2305252/-/1208fk...
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