[kictanet] Licensing Framework for .ke

[Walubengo J]

@Ali,

Deja vu! (excuse my french :-)

I warned you guys many months ago @
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/Kenyas-Internet-Domain-Set-for-a-Shakeup-Part-II/-/1959700/2172042/-/kj8tmsz/-/index.html
or
@ http://tinyurl.com/l7o5ssl

Anyway, here is snapshot of one of the clauses in the Regulations (2010) being applied now and I quote
>>(2) A person shall not create a new sub - domain under the Kenya country code Top Level Domain without the approval of the >>Commission.

Meaning that If I run the university mmu.ac.ke domain, and need to create a domain from our town branch as in town.mmu.ac.ke I have to run to my good friend the DG, Wangusi to grant me the permission. I am sure he will give me the permission but the bigger question is why should I ask?


walu.

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On Thu, 11/27/14, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

 Subject: [kictanet] Licensing Framework for .ke
 To: jwalu at yahoo.com
 Date: Thursday, November 27, 2014, 10:40 AM
 
 Listers
 Apologies for cross
 posting.
 The above refers. Please
 see attached an advert appearing in the local newspapers
 regarding the above.
 The gist of the advert
 is to state:-
 1. The CA has now
 developed a licensing framework to administer the .KE name
 space.2. That before any
 Registrar purports to sell or be accredited by KeNIC they
 must first be licensed by CA.3. That if you require
 more information on the above please contact the
 CA.
 
 Now, listers, a number
 of things have been playing in my mind over the last few
 days. And these are:-
 1. Shouldn't the
 CA/KeNIC simply have informed Registrars on the new
 licensing framework etc.? This is a simple matter. KeNIC has
 all the contacts (through DRAKE) of the Registrars. Better
 still, wouldn't it be even a better idea to convene a
 meeting where we are all taken through the new regime? Can
 this new framework be shared via email to all interested
 parties?
 2. What is DRAKE's
 official position on this?
 3. As a Registrar the
 first thing that comes to mind is this:- 
 Are we not complicating
 and putting barriers for businesses to sell .ke domains by
 requiring them to be licensed by CA? Isn't it enough
 that the Registry is now being licensed and that the
 Registry vets Registrars? How are we going to grow .ke if we
 now have to troop to CA every year? 
 I stand corrected but I
 have NEVER required to be licensed by CA or ICANN to sell
 .ug, .tz, .com .net etc. Is it just me or is there something
 more to this than meets the eye?
 C'mon guys, lets not
 complicate matters unnecessarily! 
 Ali
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