[kictanet] Talks to resolve row at KENIC

[S.M. Muraya]

Robert making some great points about co.ke sites "expiring" due to lack of
reminders from registrars ..

Registrars need to be better trained to engage with end users...
On Aug 24, 2012 9:56 AM, "robert yawe" <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

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> I am at the kenic meeting where I thought we would be well represented but
> as expected there are more kenic board members than kictanet
> representatives.
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> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 23:10 BST Grace Githaiga wrote:
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> >Talks to resolve row at Internet firm
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> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Talks+to+resolve+row+at+Internet+firm/-/1006/1485812/-/oonana/-/index.html
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> >The multi-stakeholder institution charged with administering Kenya’s
> Internet domain .ke, is hoping to iron out differences over its recent
> restructuring in its annual general meeting on Friday.The meeting, which
> will be held in Nairobi, brings together registrars, government
> representatives, Internet businesses and other people interested in the ICT
> sector.Speaking on Thursday, the organisation’s change manager, Mr Sammy
> Buruchara, said the forum would provide a good platform for the board of
> the institution to iron out issues facing the company.“It will give the
> board of the Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC) an opportunity to
> clear the air over all the allegations arising from the ongoing
> organisational restructure and create rapport on the way forward,” Mr
> Buruchara said.The AGM comes at a time when the institution is facing
> questions from the public over its decision to fire all its employees in
> what it says is an organisational
>  restructure.A number of board members have also left KeNIC in the past
> two months.In an email, Information and Communications Permanent Secretary
> Bitange Ndemo termed the decision to terminate employees’ contracts without
> consulting stakeholders as drastic and unprocedural.“Even in the
> Government, firing employees has several steps that must be followed to
> ensure security of tenure. This came as a surprise, yet we are supposed to
> be stakeholders. We must all respect the spirit of the Constitution,
> especially in such a multi-stakeholder agency,” Dr Ndemo said.In reaction,
> Mr Buruchara, who is on a three-month contract to oversee the execution of
> an institutional assessment report prepared by ZappKaas Consulting and
> Training Ltd, said KeNIC is an organisation with a working board and people
> should stop questioning its decision.Currently, KeNIC is the administrator
> of over 20,000 domains at the .ke registry.
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