[kictanet] Fw: KENIC set to be wound up

Tue Jul 16 12:04:10 EAT 2013

Let's not overthink it.  .za does not compete at the world level and .de
serves a market that is 100x larger than what .ke serves:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=kenya+gdp+vs+germany+gdp

Generic TLDs are where stuff is happening.  Country code TLDs are just a
vestige of the old Internet and while they will always have a place
(government sites, locally focused domains, etc...), they are not something
to be spending much time on.

I think KENIC (or whomever) should just fix the three obvious problems and
then move onto other issues.  Worrying about country code TLDs is just not
worth much effort.

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On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:

> Astonishing news, as preposterous as it sounds.
>
> We need a very balanced approach and meaningful engagement in getting into
> the issues at play here.
> I am sure most of us wants what is best for the Kenyan society and the
> business community. I look forward to a time when the preferred domain in
> Kenya will be .ke. Probably somebody with information can give us a
> background overview.
>
> I am sure the IT Director at CCK Michael Katundu who has been a long
> serving KENIC director wants the best out of the our ccTLD, including
> competing at a world level like .za and .de  I am also sure in his
> difficult and challenging task as chief IT advisory to the Director
> General Mr. Francis Wangusi and the CCK board, the advice and outcome that
> will be fronted will be a progressive and selfless one.
>
> It's interesting to note that the President of Kenya, H.E Uhuru Kenyatta
> in his speech to business community and civil society in May 2013 during
> swearing in of cabinet secretaries encouraged  public private partnerships
> and fostering dialog. Nobody would like to be seen to undermine the
> performance of the President, or his humble decree barely 100 days after he
> took office.
>
> Before the re-delegation of our ccTLD, we need know what works, what does
> not work, what effort and approaches have been employed, any working group
> that has been constituted, how the working groups were reconstituted,
> reports and recommendations of the working group, and finally the concrete
> basis for the re-delegation.
>
> Long live .KE
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva
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>
>
> On 16 July 2013 08:32, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Walu and all,
>>
>> I really look forwad to a full public engagement process before any major
>> decision can be made, is this the best that we can do as a nation? as the
>> Internet society we are looking forwad to a public process that will
>> examine possible solutions to this debacle that has dragged on for years,
>> we are not short of case studies from Africa and globally and we will seek
>> to demonstrate this. We welcome all stakeholders to the Kenya Internet
>> Governance Forum to be held at Stathmore University Business School on July
>> 26th 2013 where we shall make our position on this matter known.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) <
>> nmutungu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ever since matters KENIC ceased being public.....
>>>
>>> On 16/07/2013, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> > Not sure if this is true...but I thought only the KENIC AGM can wound
>>> up
>>> > KENIC.  Not sure of the Regulator can do this single-handedly...
>>> >
>>> > read more...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Kenyan regulator looks to decommission domain registrar
>>> > The country's communications agency is looking to put in place a new
>>> > registry, but the process is controversial
>>> >
>>> http://www.itworld.com/internet/365167/kenyan-regulator-looks-decommission-domain-registrar?page=0,0
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > walu.
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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