[kictanet] Can the Trump Administration increase it's powers over ICANN?

Sat Jan 28 12:04:51 EAT 2017

There is no transition currently. Transition happened. And finished.
The US government does not have any oversight contract with ICANN.

Now, can US government reverse the transition? We should rephrase the
question to "Can the US government take over a private company?". To
answer that question, we should remember ICANN is a California based
organisation operating under US law. I got this passage from Quora "In
short, the government can seize pretty much anything you own, for
pretty much any reason,.... And if you're concerned about the rising
tide of tyranny, remember that eminent domain, in one form or another,
has pretty much existed for as long as there have been governments."

The legal experts should now come in and give us their perspective
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On 27 January 2017 at 22:45, Ali Hussein via kictanet
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> Interesting one.
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> One thing that comes out from this is story is that this new administration
> simply have no clue of how this works. I'm curious though:-
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> Can they reverse the transition that is already underway? And how will the
> rest of the world react?
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> On 27 Jan 2017, at 8:35 PM, Bonface Witaba via kictanet
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> Dear Listers,
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> An interesting read:
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> http://domainincite.com/21443-trump-nominee-open-to-retaking-icann-oversight-role
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> Kind regards
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> Will this talk be based on the Chapter in the Digital Kenya book?
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> Listers
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> 1. Treasury.go.ke
> 2. ICTA.go.ke
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> These two sites are down. The screenshots attached say:-
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> WEBSITE UNDER MAINTENANCE.
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> Whilst we can forgive Treasury for this Rookie Mistake what do we say about
> ICTA?
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> If you guys need help please crowdsource this because surely this is an
> embarrassment to Kenya not to mention that stakeholders can't access
> information.
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