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MEMORANDUM OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Statement of the Objects and Reasons of the Bill
The principal object of this Bill is to establish a legal framework for
the training, registration, licensing, practice and standards of Information
Communication Technology (ICT) professionals in Kenya.
Part I contains preliminary provisions.
Part tr provides for the establishment of the Information
Communication Technology Practitioners Institute, its composition,
powers and functions. It further provides for a Council as the governing
organ of the Institute.
Part m contains provisions relating to the registration of ICT
Practioners. It among other things, stipulates the requirements for such
registration, the keeping of a rcgister containing particulars of registered
persons and the manner in which alterations may be made to that register.
Part IV contains provisions relating to the licensing of ICT
Practitioners. It provides for the issuance of practising licences and the
duration of those licences.
Part V contains enforcement provisions. It among other things
defines what constitutes professional misconduct, and provides for
disciplinary proceedings by the Council against an errant practitioner. It
further provides for the removal, suspension or cancellation of a member
from the register, and the effect thereof. It alss provides for various
offences relating to various matters under the Bill.
Part YI contains the financial provisions and among others, defines
sources of fund of the Institute, the annual estimates of the Institute and
auditing of accounts of the Institute.
Part VII contains miscellaneous provisions.
Statement on the delegation of legislative powers and limitation
of fundamental rlghto and freedoms
The Bill delegates legislative powors but it does not limit
fundamental rights and freodoms.
Statement on whether the Bill concerns county governments
The Bill does not concern county governments in terms of Article
110 of the Constitution.
Statement as to whether the Bill is a money Bill within the
meanlng of Article 114 of the Constitution
The enactment of this Bill shall not occasion additional expenditure
of public funds.
Dated the 6th June,2016.
ADEN DUALE,
lzader of the Majority Party.