[kictanet] Local content in trouble?

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Dear Nancy,

Pole sana - but you have misunderstood. Let me lay it out so that
(hopefully) you and others might have a slightly better understanding.

1) .KE is a "Country Code Top-Level Domain" in internet jargon this is CCTLD
2) In Kenya, the policy is to have five sub-domains i.e. .co, .or, .go, .ac
and .sc
3) The clauses in the the KCA Amendments '09 relate to the "sub-domains" as
above - not to third-level domains
4) By virtue of this - all domain registration occur at the 3rd level domain
e.g. kictanet.or.ke
5) The licensing provision is a "forward looking" (to use an American term)
provision that will allow the development of a competitive hierarchy of
registries (since the same act prohibits monopolies and duopolies.

Hope this makes things a bit clearer - and also takes the fear out of
people's hearts!

Regards,

Brian


On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:34 PM, nancy bosire <bozaya at gmail.com> wrote:

> someone please explain this....
>
> 83F. The Commission may,upon application in the prescribed manner and
> subject to such conditions as it may deem necessary,grant licences under
> this section authorizing a person to administer a sub-domain in the country
> code top-level domain. 83D.(1) No person shall – (a) operate an electronic
> certification system; or (b) update a repository or administer a subdomain
> in the Kenya country top level domain (.ke ccTLD); except in accordance with
> a licence granted under this Act. (2) A person who contravenes this section
> commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
> three hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
> three years,or both.
>
> who is the commission here.....CCK?
>
> i also hope its april fools in february!
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:18 AM, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12637&Itemid=5880
>>
>> The article says the ICT bill requires people who publish local content on
>> the internet (companies with websites, etc) pay an annual  licence fee of
>> 100,000.
>>
>> Probably an early April fools joke!
>>
>>
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