The I nformat io n C ommunic at io n T e c hno l o gy P rac titi o ne r s B i l l, 201 6 A Bill for AN ACT of Parliament to proyide for the training, registration, licensing, practice and standards of ICT practitioners and for connected purposes ENACTED by the Parliament of Kenya, as follows- I-PRELIMINARY 1. This Act may be cited as the Information Shorttitle' PART Communication Technology Practitioners Act, 2016. 2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- "Council" means the Council of the Institute established under section 3; "Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to information communication technology ; "Information Communication Technology (ICT)" means technologies employed in collecting, storing, processing, using or sending out information and include those involving the use of computers, mobile apparatus or any telecommunication system; "ICT practitioner (ICTP)" means a person registered under this Act as an ICT practitioner who is also licensed under section 20 to practice as such; "ICT practice" means the practice of ICT as the case may be, for a fee or gain either in kind or cash; "Institute" means the ICT Practitioners Institute established under section 3; "practicum" means an ongoing, supervised and organized practical experience or intemship prescribed as part of the qualifications for the award of any degree or diploma and obtained in an integrated training program recognized by the Council; "Registet'' means the register of ICT practitioners maintained under section 17. " (2) The expressions "legally qualified ICT practitioner and "duly qualified ICT practitioner" or any words importing a person recognized by law as an ICT Intcrpretation'