[kictanet] Search for independent .ke administrator gathers pace (Where to KeNIC)

[Ali Hussein]

Listers

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has delinked itself from the Kenya Network Information Centre (Kenic) setting stage for licensing of a new body that will manage and administer the country’s Internet addresses system.

Read on:-

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Search-for-independent--ke-administrator-gathers-pace/-/1248928/2090806/-/3hlv16/-/index.html

Further to a blog posting by Wanjiku, this story that appeared online yesterday requires some attention from us as players in the industry.
 
In the last AGM there was a promise to engage stakeholders to map a way forward on this issue. Stakeholder engagement is critical to ensure we don't run afoul of IANA and ICANN rules and regulations regarding redelegation (if it comes to that) of the .ke ccTLD.

One thing that is coming out of this is definitely a positive and I salute CCK for moving boldly on this.This is the issue of Corporate Governance and whether as a regulator they should have a sit at the table in the running of KeNIC. Having said that, the unilaterally pronouncements from the CCK on the future of KeNIC doesn't auger well for the ccTLD. It is as if CCK has decided it is the 800 pound Gorilla (ok..admittedly it is by all intents and purposes) and what it says goes..and be damned the other stakeholders.

Do I hear the word impunity? 

I urge the current KeNIC board (of which CCK is a member) to keep their promise of engagement and inclusiveness. They will be surprised at how receptive the community is to ensuring that .ke grows from strength to strength..if it means that this will be the end of KeNIC then so be it. But let this decision not be bulldozed down our throats by one member of the community.

Ali Hussein

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

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