[kictanet] Kenya’s ICANN Rep Dents Africa Union Relationship, Foreign Affairs to Intervene

[Grace Githaiga]

Last week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 
(ICANN) held its meeting in Beijing. These meetings are held in every 
region, and discuss emerging technical and policy issues relating to the
 internet.

ICANN has several bodies but one of the key one and probably the most 
controversial is the Government Advisory Committee. Controversial 
because private sector, internet manager types feel that governments 
have nothing to do with internet management while governments feel they 
should be at the center of it because of public policy concerns. For a 
long time, ICANN has worked hard to show that its international and that
 there are many other governments involved in decision making and it is 
not only the US. Well, the US has the “Kiwi” share, and we all know how 
that goes.

http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/04/kenyas-icann-rep-botches-up-africa-union-relationship-foreign-affairs-to-intervene/
 		 	   		  
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