ICT Practitioners Bill, call for comments/submissions to the National Assembly

Indeed. I fully agree this definition captures the entire population that uses a smartphone! Let alone that majority of jobs whether a 1 person business on the street or boda driver or a farmer in agriculture, or anyone working in any industry whatsoever is increasingly using digital no matter if they think they are an ICT practitioner or not. Do we need a certificate to write with pen and paper or use a calculator? Why do we need one to type or use excel or sell online?

Let\’s be clear there is already a very effective market based mechanism in certifications that are OPTIONAL and offered by acadamia as well as private actors anywhere around the world, including delivered online globally.

Let\’s also be clear that the market recognises and rewards experience based on references etc without needing any certification or likewise.

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This is correct – he has stated as much in public Facebook posts.

I encourage people to read that bill and in addition to at least one submission I know is going in complete with 13 and a half thousand signatures on it – every single submission against this absolute innovation killing industry harming insanity would be useful.

In summary the way I see this

A.) it would result in some of the most experienced people in the industry being forced out of the country to be able to work
B.) there is no proper definition of an ict professional that does not cover everything from the secretary that uses excel to input numbers to the most advanced programmer – the definition in there covers virtually anyone in a modern job
C.) the bill has no provision in it for bringing in external trainers and consultants and hence damages the industry by working against international knowledge sharing
D.) the bill is death to cooperative international innovation
E.) the bill creates serious and deep problems with inter company staff transfers or people in multi-nationals coming in to work on intra-company projects that require external resource
F.) the bill could potentially put a lot of people out of work damaging the overall tax base
G.) there has been zero cited evidence of the need for this bill or the positive impact it would have in the industry – no studies cited – no fact based assertions – nothing but speculation that is in my view a naked attempt at a money grab
H.) the law is entirely impractical as regards enforcement – since in the days of remote work a person affected by this can just leave the country and work remotely and be exempt – while again having negative affect on the taxation base.

Plenty more points which I will get to but that’s a quick summary of the headline points against this absurdity

Andrew

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I believe that CS Mucheru has said he does not support this, and I recall he has said that this is purely driven by the sponsors of the bill in parliament.

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yeah mucheru is very eager to push it through. let me follow up. thanks

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 10:01 AM Wamathai (HapaKenya) via kictanet <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

This thing has refused to die.

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