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

Fri Aug 24 14:42:43 EAT 2012

Kivuva,

   1. You can't send email questions at 12.45 for an AGM that started at
   8am :(
   2. Why did you not come in person to have these and other concerns you
   have raised addressed?
   3. A frequent comment that came out at the AGM was that the very low
   turnout out is indicative of Kenyan's propensity to "shadow box" and shy
   away from meaningful engagement.

Brian

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On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:

> Kenic AGM Questions.
> For the "observers",  I wish you can ask these questions:
> 1. Is there conflict of interest if the "change manager" / CEO of KENIC is
> a player in the domain registrar business?
> 2. As a regulator licensing authority, what is the role of CCK in the
> Kenic board?
>
>
> NB: Independence is a prerequisite for any telecommunications regulator in
> this case CCK. Regulator independence involves: the separation of the
> regulator from the operators that it regulates; lack of political influence
> on the regulator; and an open and transparent regulatory decision making
> process.
>
> On 24 August 2012 11:24, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >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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