[kictanet] Talks to resolve row at KENIC-ongoing Ndemo's remarks

Kivuva Kivuva at transworldafrica.com
Fri Aug 24 11:20:33 EAT 2012


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> 2) that perhaps KENIC Board members should serve not more than two terms
> (max 6yrs)


Walu, I thoutht your second point is in the articles of association?


On 24 August 2012 10:14, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> @Ndemo just made some remarks...
>
> 1) that perhaps KENIC finds a way to include ALL stakeholders (i.e. anyone
> with a .KE string).
> 2) that perhaps KENIC Board members should serve not more than two terms
> (max 6yrs)
>
> walu.
>
> --- On *Fri, 8/24/12, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>* wrote:
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> From: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Talks to resolve row at KENIC
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> Date: Friday, August 24, 2012, 9:31 AM
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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.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 23:10 BST Grace Githaiga wrote:
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> >
> >Talks to resolve row at Internet firm
> >
> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Talks+to+resolve+row+at+Internet+firm/-/1006/1485812/-/oonana/-/index.html
> >
> >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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