The ICT Practitioners Bill seeks to fight cybercrime, a real danger to the economy.
The passage of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act has not helped much due to implementation challenges.
For that Act to work the authorized person's as defined in the Act must be regulated and issued with practicing licenses.
“The ICT Practitioners Bill provides the framework of licensing the Authorized persons,” says Dr Ochuodho.
The Bill was praised as the antidote to the growth of the ICT sector in the country during its consideration in the House.
This is based on the fact that the ICT sector is riddled with many local and international quacks leading to poor and costly service delivery.
The Bill therefore, seeks to rein in the “quacks” in the sector and ensure adherence to ethical standards, which means that the genuine ICT professionals will have a voice and their career progression is guaranteed.
If signed into law, the Bill will enhance ICT innovation as innovative youth with compelling innovation will be admitted to the Institute without a demand for academic qualification.
It also provides a framework through regulations that shall be formulated by the ICT council on self-regulation of the ICT sector through formal accreditation of various associations leading with various aspects of ICT like computer forensics and software engineering among others.
Mr Odinga's comments on the Bill come after ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru said the Bill is not good for the sector.
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