[kictanet] Fwd: FW: KENIC - on behalf of Sammy Buruchara

Fri Aug 10 17:51:19 EAT 2012

Just for the record, the msema_kweli (aka Aki Weke) joined the list
yesterday.

I responded (directly to him) to his anonymous post, thus:

<quote>
@Msema_Kweli,

It is not in the style of this forum (KICTANet) to spread rumors. Worse
still, you've decided to completely mask your identity, so that no one is
able to question/interrogate your credibility. I remember approving your
list membership just yesterday.

Let's discuss true facts when you come round next time. For now I will
cease your list membership.

If you have any reservations about such action, please let me know before
noon today.

</quote>

He did not respond and so I believe we should forget about him - for now.

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> When anonymous messages start getting into the list, it means people are
> very much tired of this KENIC debacle, but they don't want their faces and
> identity revealed. I’m tempted to treat the anonymous message with the
> contempt it deserves. But I will not. Who is this msema_kweli at outlook.comand why has he opted to be a shadow? Is (s)he fearing reprisals?
>
>
>
> When a registrar is given the fiduciary responsibility to run a registry,
> where he has personal interest, it is always that that fiduciary
> responsibility will be abused. Why for example, does he want to send home
> the current staff? Wanjiku put it sanctity; a registrar cannot be CEO of a
> registry. Actually an independent auditor should go through the activities
> of the registry for the period that Burachara has been there as a so called
> "change manager" to make sure no abuse of office has taken place. That is
> how serious it is.
>
>
>
> Burachara wrote a long letter, that was relayed to the list by Washington,
> in which Burachara purported to talk on behalf of the board and I quote
>
>>  "The KeNIC board and management would like to take this early
>> opportunity to refute these claims as having no basis and without factual
>> information."
>
>
>
> If Burachara resigned from the board, how can he purport tot talk on it’s
> behalf? Has he become that powerful? What are these claims that he says *"having
> no basis and without factual information"* That board members have
> resigned because of serious disagreements? What claims are not factual? One
> former board member Ali Hussein wrote to this list and laid it plain and
> simple that there are problems at Kenic, he said
>
>
>
>> "For as long as we do not resolve the fundamental issues KeNIC will
>> continue to languish in the doldrums.  It is incumbent upon the community
>> at large to resolve these issues and put Personalities aside.  At this
>> juncture I must disclose that the Board of KeNIC then did acknowledge that
>> an institutional assessment needed to be done because it became clear that
>> the board had become dysfunctional. I must acknowledge too that as a Board
>> (at least from my opinion) we had failed the community. This report MUST be
>> made public so that we can move forward. After all if we do not accept that
>> we are sick how can we be cured?"
>
>
>
> Will we sit down and continue relying on anonymous whistle blowers or will
> we be counted as the generation that stood up and saved the direction of
> our registry? Lets remember Edmund Burke's words “When bad men combine, the
> good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice
> in a contemptible struggle." or more clearly "All that is necessary for
> evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"
>
>
>
> So, we are on August 10th 2012. Has anybody received a notice for the AGM
> as promised?
>
> On 10 August 2012 09:43, the truth <msema_kweli at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> Lest we forget, there is more that is happening at the Registry of .ke
>> that is hidden from the Internet community. As at the posting of the
>> initial message of this thread, the chairlady was on her way out; she has
>> already left.
>>
>> Now, what will happen if all the current staff left at once? Does the
>> kenic board understand the magnitude of the importance of .ke to the
>> thousands of businesses in this country that rely on this critical
>> resource? Imagine waking up and finding that nation.co.ke,
>> safaricom.co.ke, standardmedia.co.ke, mocality.co.ke, google.co.ke, just
>> to mention a few, are all down. There's such a probability. Rumour has it
>> the current staff can't cope with Buruchara's style of management (or
>> better way of changing things), and unrealistic board resolutions. So, who
>> will be in charge of our domains? Talk of a player being a referee too.
>>
>>
>>
>> Who owns kenic? Is it a few individuals? If I own a .ke domain, am I not
>> a stakeholder of .ke? Food for thought
>>
>
>
> On 26 July 2012 14:24, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* Sammy Buruchara [mailto:sammy at nbnet.co.ke]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:40 AM
>> *To:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions (kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke)
>> *Subject:* KENIC****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *RE: Online discussions on Resignations of Board at the Kenya Network
>> Information Centre (KeNIC)*
>>
>> Reference is made to the various online discussions regarding
>> resignations of Board members of at the Kenya Network Information Centre
>> (KeNIC).****
>>
>> The KeNIC board and management  would like  to take this early
>> opportunity to refute these claims as having no basis and without factual
>> information.****
>>
>> Early this year, the KeNIC Board, while carrying out a mid-term review of
>> the implementation of its Strategic plan, agreed on the  need for KeNIC to
>> carry out an Institutional Assessment to ensure that it operates  in line
>> with the international best practices and that its operations are aligned
>> to its Strategic plan.****
>>
>> A Consultant was tasked by KeNIC to carry out the Institutional
>> Assessment and in their report, which was adopted by the KeNIC board,
>> established a number of areas that KeNIC needed to address, to remain in
>> business as well as to improve in its core mandate of registering dot KE
>> domain names. The following is an highlight of the areas needing action:*
>> ***
>>
>> **1.      **The alignment of the Board membership to the KeNIC’s
>> Memorandum and Articles of Association. ****
>>
>> **2.      **A review of the current Strategic Plan to align it to
>> realistic Goals and Targets in the light of changing market conditions.**
>> **
>>
>> **3.      **A review of the KeNIC Stakeholders to reflect its core
>> business.****
>>
>> **4.      **Development and strengthening of KeNIC’s Financial and
>> Procurement policies, among other policies.****
>>
>> **5.      **Review of the management structure to reflect the revised
>> Strategic Plan.****
>>
>> KeNIC Board has diligently followed through the Consultant’s
>> Institutional Assessment report by implementing the recommendations
>> contained in the report with the aim of strengthening KeNIC’s  operations.
>> Inevitably, the implementation of the report is going to affect the
>> constitution of the KeNIC board. However, the board wishes to remain intact
>> until the AGM, after which its board membership will change, after the
>> adoption by the AGM. In view of this, it’s important to note that those
>> board members who have since resigned, they have done so voluntarily, and
>> most of them have been replaced by their appointing member organizations.
>> ****
>>
>> KeNIC is due to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in August 2012
>> (next month) to update its stakeholders on the progress of this process,
>> among other reports scheduled for presentation and discussion during the
>> AGM.****
>>
>> The KeNIC board and management would therefore wish to dispel any rumors
>> of an alleged crisis in KeNIC, and to state categorically that there is no
>> crisis at in KeNIC and that the Board and management are fully discharging
>> their duties of ensuring KeNIC is run professionally and in line with  the
>> international best practices.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *Sammy Buruchara*
>>
>> *Change Manager*
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> --
>> This message has been scanned for viruses and
>> dangerous content by * KeNIC MailScanner* <http://www.kenic.or.ke/>, and
>> is
>> believed to be clean.
>>
>> Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC).
>>
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