MPs and IT: Can they sign-in unhelped?
So now I live in a Kenya that keeps arguing, it was politics a while back, then came justification of tribal alliances against tribalism and most recently it is the BoyChild Quagmire sponsored by one not-so-popular blogger and a whole session on Tv speaking on the matter……. All I can say is
Dear Kenyans y’all are a bunch of healthy, sensitive and reactive fellows, keep it up it shows you are invested in Country.
But as is our nature we always forget to champion for causes when time is there until it’s too late and damage done. I submit a motion that is coming to the parliamentarians that we all love to hate, yes those that give us small hand out and big promises in elections period.
The motion is one of IT nature, dubbed ICT Practitioners Bill 2016. Having been opposed by the ICT CS earlier on ground that it would discourage innovation and growth in the ICT industry. Mucheru recently counters that the bill is needed, because there are so many people calling themselves ICT experts but are a mockery to the trade! Case and point is the previous election, remember the NASA vs IEBC severs.
In case you forget, NASA generals had brought files saying that they are from the IEBC server, a claim that was denied because the server language used wasn’t the same. A Microsoft server will have logs corresponding, an SQL server will have the corresponding logs, to IT fellows this should be obvious, but in Kenya NASA makes the claims with proof, the proof is denied and no Kenyan is the wiser! Both sides could walk out of the headquarters and pick an IT technician and have them say anything and country will be left in limbo!
So Mucheru sees this as a solution that ICT experts have a degree and three years of experience in that industry. To be certified to perform such activities. A noble deed indeed that seeks to clean up the sector that has been used to corrupt and claim corruption by our ‘Honorable’ leaders. I don’t want to argue the merits or demerits of this Bill, I want to bring you to the reality of who will decide for you, who will have a chance to edit, adding or deducting terms, approving or disapproving such a technical legislation; your MP.
The distinguished members of the august house, those notorious for exchanging blows in the public glare, those same MPs brandishing humongous phones and tablets that they can’t even setup. The same MPs who would have an IT guy at the office to setup their Gmail account into their tablet & phone. Can they even sign in without the help of ‘forgot password’ button?
Do you trust your MP enough with this sort of Bill?
Do you believe that the MPs are knowledgeable enough to grasp its importance?
Are they honorable enough to grasp the weight of this issue?
This is yet to be seen, let’s hope they will, and as we await dear Kenyans talk to them.
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