[kictanet] Comms ACT - What happens to KENIC?

[waudo siganga]

Hi Michuki - My initial reaction is that CCK itself needs to be an
independent PPP and so cannot represent any other of the recognized
stakeholders (Govt/Civil Soc/PSector)  on the KENIC PPP Board. The
Government ideally would need to appoint another rep on the KENIC Board.

With regard to office hosting my understanding was that CCK was doing
KENIC a favour by helping with the start-up process and that arrangement
was meant to be temporary?

With regard to license fees it may be argued to be discriminatory if
KENIC is excepted while other registrars/registries are required to pay?

However the whole issue requires careful discussion.
Waudo

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:23:14 +0300, "Michuki Mwangi"
<michuki at swiftkenya.com> said:
> Hi all,
> 
> According to the new communications ACT, it appears that going forward
> KENIC will have to acquire a license (from CCK) to continue managing the
> ccTLD.
> 
> KENIC is established as a PPP of which CCK is a party to.
> 
> 1) Is there any precedence where the regulator (CCK) is party to or
> legally seats on the board of licensee ?. Wouldnt this constitute to a
> conflict of interest on its end? if not then all is well.
> 
> a) If this is the case, what impact would this have on the organizations
> governance structure, the ppp model and where KENIC is hosted.
> 
> b) Worth taking note, with the model being recognized as a global best
> practice for ccTLDs, what message are we sending out to the rest of the
> world?.
> 
> 2) With the introductions of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and
> IDN ccTLDs by ICANN, does that mean i now have an opportunity to apply
> for a license to run the .ke equivalent in arabic script? and use the
> same license to acquire the mandate from ICANN.
> 
> 3) Section 88 - does it mean that anyone can also now go and apply for a
> license to operate second levels under ccTLDs. For instance are we ready
> to run a split registry where .go.ke is run by e-gov and .ac.ke is run
> by KENET etc; and others that maybe proposed (since its subject to
> license issuance) in the future. For argument sake 'i have an
> application for .bank.ke for the financial sector and the catch would be
> that i would provide DNNSEC which KENIC doesnt offer at the moment.' Do
> i qualify for a sub-registry license?
> 
> IMHO, i hope such and issues that i have noted on the Certificate
> Authority sections are equally reviewed for the greater good.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Michuki.
> 
> 
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