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

[S.M. Muraya]

OT -- Article notes -- .ke has 28,000 domains registered while .za has over
1 million domains registered.

Over the past 5 years while investigating various intranet flops in Kenya,
have realized why this could be.

We Africans are much better at talking than at documenting/automating
positive aspects of our cultures/policies.

Automation requires documentation, which involves knowledge capture and
retention within various domains.



Regards

Murigi / Stanley Muraya

*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
who takes a city." Prov 16:32*


On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> 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
>
> +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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