[kictanet] Fwd: FW: KENIC - on behalf of Sammy Buruchara

[Odhiambo Washington]

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*From:* Sammy Buruchara [mailto:sammy at nbnet.co.ke]
*Sent:* Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:40 AM
*To:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions (kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke)
*Subject:* KENIC****

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*RE: Online discussions on Resignations of Board at the Kenya Network
Information Centre (KeNIC)*

Reference is made to the various online discussions regarding resignations
of Board members of at the Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC).****

The KeNIC board and management  would like  to take this early opportunity
to refute these claims as having no basis and without factual information.**
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Early this year, the KeNIC Board, while carrying out a mid-term review of
the implementation of its Strategic plan, agreed on the  need for KeNIC to
carry out an Institutional Assessment to ensure that it operates  in line
with the international best practices and that its operations are aligned
to its Strategic plan.****

A Consultant was tasked by KeNIC to carry out the Institutional Assessment
and in their report, which was adopted by the KeNIC board, established a
number of areas that KeNIC needed to address, to remain in business as well
as to improve in its core mandate of registering dot KE domain names. The
following is an highlight of the areas needing action:****

**1.      **The alignment of the Board membership to the KeNIC’s Memorandum
and Articles of Association. ****

**2.      **A review of the current Strategic Plan to align it to realistic
Goals and Targets in the light of changing market conditions.****

**3.      **A review of the KeNIC Stakeholders to reflect its core business.
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**4.      **Development and strengthening of KeNIC’s Financial and
Procurement policies, among other policies.****

**5.      **Review of the management structure to reflect the revised
Strategic Plan.****

KeNIC Board has diligently followed through the Consultant’s Institutional
Assessment report by implementing the recommendations contained in the
report with the aim of strengthening KeNIC’s  operations. Inevitably, the
implementation of the report is going to affect the constitution of the
KeNIC board. However, the board wishes to remain intact until the AGM,
after which its board membership will change, after the adoption by the
AGM. In view of this, it’s important to note that those board members who
have since resigned, they have done so voluntarily, and most of them have
been replaced by their appointing member organizations.****

KeNIC is due to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in August 2012 (next
month) to update its stakeholders on the progress of this process, among
other reports scheduled for presentation and discussion during the AGM.****

The KeNIC board and management would therefore wish to dispel any rumors of
an alleged crisis in KeNIC, and to state categorically that there is no
crisis at in KeNIC and that the Board and management are fully discharging
their duties of ensuring KeNIC is run professionally and in line with  the
international best practices.****

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*Sammy Buruchara*

*Change Manager*

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