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

Fri Aug 24 15:13:33 EAT 2012

+1 Robert. Its actually immoral because at the end of it, it's the
organisation's money that get lost.

On 24 August 2012 15:02, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> To reiterate what Brian as said, KENIC catered or 70 participants who had
> indicated that they shall attend only for 30 people to show up.
>
> Please, when you are sure you have no intention of attending do not
> register as you cause the organisers to lose money.  It is time we realised
> that sending a confirmation is not the same as clicking "like" on facebook
> or on an advert.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
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> *From:* Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> *Sent:* Friday, 24 August 2012, 14:42
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Talks to resolve row at KENIC-ongoing Ndemo's
> remarks
>
> 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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