[kictanet] Kenya cuts cost of acquiring .ke domain by a third

[waudo siganga]

Hi Mwendwa - maybe Collins was only using co.ke as an example, to ask
the question whether it is possible to register second level rather than
third-level domains on .ke because that could be a business idea????
W.
 
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016, at 11:35 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet wrote:
>
>  On Jun 26, 2016 5:03 PM, "Collins Areba via kictanet"
>  <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>  >
>  > While at it… Ask if we can get root .ke domains instead of being
>  > restricted to .co.ke / .ac.ke , I bet you can auction www.co.ke for
>  > loads of $$. J
>  >
> Collins, it's not possible to auction or even sell .co.ke[1] because
> that domain is already delegate to KENIC, thus hosting all subdomains
> in that namespace
> Here is the whois result for co.ke domain
> EXR-PM1:~ mwendwa$ whois co.ke Domain Name: co.ke Domain ID: 3-KENIC
> WHOIS Server: Referral URL: Updated Date: 2016-05-29T08:55:03.029Z
> Creation Date: 2009-05-14T08:34:56.443Z Registry Expiry Date: 2016-05-
> 14T08:34:56.426Z Sponsoring Registrar: root Sponsoring Registrar IANA
> ID: Domain Status: ok Domain Status: serverHold Name Server:
> mzizi.kenic.or.ke Name Server: ns1.coza.net.za DNSSEC: unsigned
> Additional Section Sponsoring Registrar URL: Sponsoring Registrar
> Address: P.O. Box 1461  Nairobi - 00606  Waiyaki Way Sponsoring
> Registrar Country: KE Sponsoring Registrar Phone: Sponsoring Registrar
> Fax: Sponsoring Registrar Customer Service Contact: Sponsoring
> Registrar Customer Service Email: registry at kenic.or.ke Sponsoring
> Registrar Admin Contact: Sponsoring Registrar Admin Email:
> registry at kenic.or.ke
>  >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2016-06-27T07:45:58.387Z <<<
> All that said, there is poor design and name reservation list on the
> .ke namespace. For example, KENIC let www.co.ke be registered by some
> Chinese entity. Usually common URL identifiers in the .or.ke .co.ke
> .ne.ke .me.ke .go.ke should be reserved in perpetuity. I wish KENIC
> can give a rational for this. For me I would have prefered www.co.ke
> to redirect to www.kenic.or.ke.  Here is the whois for www.co.ke
> EXR-PM1:~ mwendwa$ whois www.co.ke Domain Name: www.co.ke Domain ID:
> 42367-KENIC WHOIS Server: Referral URL: Updated Date: 2016-06-
> 04T09:34:12.959Z Creation Date: 2011-07-09T05:29:07.701Z Registry
> Expiry Date: 2016-07-09T05:29:07.720Z Sponsoring Registrar: Webhost
> Kenya Ltd Domain Status: ok Registrant ID: 42366-KENIC Registrant
> Name: Guo Xiufeng Registrant Street: No.66 Yuhua Road Registrant
> Street: Hebei University of Science and Technology Registrant City:
> Shijiazhuang Registrant State/Province: Hebei Registrant Postal Code:
> 050000 Registrant Country: CN Registrant Phone: Registrant Phone Ext:
> Registrant Email: showfom at gmail.com Name Server: pat.ns.cloudflare.com
> Name Server: phil.ns.cloudflare.com DNSSEC: unsigned
>  >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2016-06-27T07:54:42.641Z <<<
>  % Copyright KENIC
>
>
> On registering domains on the .ke root, that may be possible after
> stakeholder consultations, and change of the current regulations that
> govern the .ke root. This has been debated for decades, and where we
> stand currently, there is a possibility the community will allow that
> to go on. Here is the current .ke regulations
> http://www.kenyalaw.org/LegalNotices/pop_ln.php?file=453
>
> Sincerely,
> Mwendwa Kivuva
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Links:

  1. http://www.co.ke
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