[kictanet] Kenya, S.Africa domain row intensifies

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

I agree with you Ali. I was actually pointing to those events and actors to
show how it is easy to have masses misled on what the true position was. I
was avoiding to be specific or mentioning names because this was an issue
that was very emotive between several players in our country
On Mar 15, 2016 9:12 PM, "Ali Hussein" <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Mwendwa
>
> I think even the suggestion that there was collaboration between KeNIC and
> DCA is quite erroneous. I remember very clearly that this was tabled at a
> board meeting and was rejected by the board. In fact KeNIC was even a part
> of the original discussion  in Johannesburg regarding KeNIC collaboration
> with other ccTLDs and the Africa Union to go for the .Africa domain.  I
> know this Mwendwa because I was a board member at KeNIC then and
> participated in the Joburg meeting.
>
> We need to be careful how we articulate issues and be more responsible in
> our reporting. Ignorance is not a defense and the said journalist should
> have sought background information and reached out to experts in the space.
> There's simply no excuse for making such a blatant mistake.
>
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> On 15 Mar 2016, at 6:43 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> I think this is a genuine mistake on the part of the journalist.
> Remember initially, 5 years ago, there was collaboration of DCA with
> KENIC. I cannot get enough resources on this, but if you read the
> resource below, you can add one and one together.
>
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130314_sammy_buruchara_former_chair_of_dca_appointed_kenyan_gac_advisor/
>
>
>
>
>
> On 15/03/2016, Brian Munyao Longwe via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Hmmm,
>
>
> Might be someone who is sucking sour grapes over recent .africa
>
> developments and wants to try and incite KOT against South Africa and the
>
> ZACR team.
>
>
> Pure lack of imagination IMHO...
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>
> Listers
>
>
> Am I missing the point here? When did the .Africa fight become a Kenya vs
>
> South Africa affair??
>
>
> A case of a journalist not understanding what's going on or a deliberate
>
> misinformation campaign?
>
>
>
>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/smartcompany/Kenya-S-Africa-domain-row-intensifies/-/1226/3117572/-/14rhip4z/-/index.html
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>
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