[kictanet] .africa put on ice after ICANN confusion

Thu May 15 00:50:22 EAT 2014

Ali

Answering a question with a question gets us nowhere. Even so, I asked
first. I hope your answer to my initial questions will also hold legal
waters.

Thank you.

On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> :) Gideon, I was wondering how long it will take you to respond :)
>
> Please enlighten us to the Corporate Structure of DCA - who are behind it,
> on whose behalf did they apply for a Geographic gTLD etc.
>
> I'm sure all this information is around somewhere but so that we remind
> ourselves of the merits and demerits of both applications.
>
> *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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> Sent from my iPad
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> On May 14, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Gideon via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Ali,
>
>
>  What is a private company to you?  Do you know what the corporate entity
> of ZACR is? or are you simply like you say disparaging to DCA?
>
>
> In terms of what "stands out" for you, maybe you can enlighten yourself
> directly on what happened on .dotafrica from alternate sources such as this
> http://domainnewsafrica.com/the-curious-case-of-dotafrica-2   , other
> than the arch enemies of DCA, like DomainIncite 's bloggers  Murphy.
>
> 
> Regards
> DotConnectAfrica
>
>
>> One line stands out -
>>
>> '....Yeah, it?s embarrassing for ICANN. Doubly so because it?s been
>> beaten by a company so incompetent it accidentally applied for the wrong
>> gTLD.'
>>
>> Not sure what happened here and not to seem disparaging to the appellant,
>> I think this will eventually go through. Its unlikely that a Geographical
>> gTLD will go to private company where the AUC backs the current winner.
>>
>> My two cents.
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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>> > On May 14, 2014, at 6:54 AM, waudo siganga via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>> >
>> http://domainincite.com/16630-africa-frozen-by-panel-after-icann-screwup
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>> Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 09:00:42 +0300
>> From: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
>> To: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>, KICTAnet ICT Policy
>>         Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Why State House made a call to Safaricom chief
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>> Kivuva
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>> Good point. As I said last week this is an issue that we definitely must
>> err on the right side - National Security. What we must do is ensure that
>> the implementors do it within the confines of our constitution. After all
>> isn't that what differentiates us from those who seek to destroy us in the
>> name of religion and other causes?
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>> 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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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> > On May 14, 2014, at 7:55 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>> > I see surveillance, and want to link it with personal liberties and
>> > data protection Act. Although it's hard to raise these issues when we
>> > are under attack from external threats, this is the time government
>> > takes advantage to water down human rights laws.
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>> > On 14/05/2014, Grace Githaiga via kictanet
>> > <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> >> Two months ago, at the height of terrorist attacks, State House made a
>> call
>> >> to Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore.Concerned that his
>> government was
>> >> losing grip of the  situation, President Kenyatta wanted to know
>> whether
>> >> Safaricom would help security agents communicate better.
>> >>
>> http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Why-State-House-made-a-call-to-Safaricom-chief-over-insecurity/-/1056/2313756/-/ybd3dt/-/index.html
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