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The East African Standard | Online Edition <http://www.eastandard.net/>

	

  	
	

*  Saturday September 1, 2007 *

    

* Kenya bids to host top IT conference *
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*By Alari Alare*

Kenya has submitted a bid to host the African round of the Internet 
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) meeting set for 
November next year.

The bid was submitted by the board of the Kenya Information Centre 
(Kenic) on behalf of the private sector and the Government.

Speaking during Kenic's annual general meeting on Friday, chairman 
Anthony Mugambi, disclosed that a team comprising Government, private 
sector and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) will be constituted to lobby 
for the bid.

As a trustee for the dot. ke country-code-top-level-domain, Kenic 
oversees the Kenyan Domain Name space by managing and administering the 
dot .ke in conformity with global Internet policies.

Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on the 
other hand is responsible for managing and coordinating the global 
Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure each address is unique and that users 
of the Internet could find valid addresses. It does this by overseeing 
the distribution of unique IP (Internet Protocol) addresses and domain 
names.

"In an effort to expose Kenya's vibrant ICT community to the rest of the 
world, the

Kenic Board has submitted a bid to host the African round of the Icann 
meeting in November next year in Nairobi, Kenya", said Mugambi.

"We are confident of winning the bid to host the event and we shall be 
seeking your support in hosting the event," said Mugambi.

During the meeting, a new board led by Mugambi was named to steer the 
Centre's activities.



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