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

Fri Aug 24 15:00:40 EAT 2012

Brian,

I gather that most of those questions were asked, therefore we were well
represented by the "multi-stakeholders".

But from the onset, the so called "community" was invited to "Observe" the
AGM. Such a bad tone was in bad taste, and it worked the desired results of
low turnout. As Robert put it correctly, the community work was to tweet
and FB the proceedings :(

Regards

On 24 August 2012 14:42, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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