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

Fri Aug 24 11:24:52 EAT 2012

Kivuva

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:

>
>> 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?
>
>
 It is. Unless it was changed recently.

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