[kictanet] Is CCK right to require firms to host websites locally?

[Wambua, Christopher]

Ali,

I wish to set the record straight on this matter.  What the DG said during the COMESA cyber-security meeting was as follows:


·         That the CCK will soon delink itself from the governance of KENIC in line with the requirement of the law. CCK is finalizing on the licensing framework for the ccTLD business segment. As we have indicated on this list before, the framework shall be subjected to stakeholder consultations as soon as it is ready.

·         He also encouraged local firms and individuals to adopt the dot ke domain names to ensure that we keep local traffic local.

We do not know where the reporter got the story of developing regulations to compel firms and individuals to host their websites locally from.

Best regards,

Christopher Wambua
Manager – Communications
Consumer and Public Affairs Department
Communications Commission of Kenya
P.O. Box 14448 NAIROBI 00800
Tel: +254 20 4242209
info at cck.go.ke<mailto:info at cck.go.ke>
www.cck.go.ke<http://www.cck.go.ke>



From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Ali Hussein
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:51 PM
To: Wambua, Christopher
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] Is CCK right to require firms to host websites locally?

This story is refusing to die...I'm sure aggravated by CCKs silence on this..

Wambua, can you at please tell us the DG was misquoted?

Walu puts it nicely here..

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/-require-firms-to-host-websites-locally/-/1959700/2096178/-/urclu2z/-/index.html
Ali Hussein

+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113


"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein


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