<div><div>When anonymous messages start getting into
the list, it means people are very much tired of this KENIC debacle, but they
don't want their faces and identity revealed. I’m tempted to treat the anonymous
message with the contempt it deserves. But I will not. Who is this <a href="mailto:msema_kweli@outlook.com">msema_kweli@outlook.com</a> and why has he opted to be a shadow? Is (s)he fearing reprisals?</div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">When a registrar is given the fiduciary
responsibility to run a registry, where he has personal interest, it is always
that that fiduciary responsibility will be abused. Why for example, does he
want to send home the current staff? Wanjiku put it sanctity; a registrar
cannot be CEO of a registry. Actually an independent auditor should go through
the activities of the registry for the period that Burachara has been there as
a so called "change manager" to make sure no abuse of office has
taken place. That is how serious it is.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Burachara wrote a long letter, that was relayed
to the list by Washington, in which Burachara purported to talk on behalf of
the board and I quote</span></p>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span lang="EN-GB"> "The KeNIC board and management would like
to take this early opportunity to refute these claims as having no basis and
without factual information." </span></blockquote>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">If Burachara resigned from the board, how
can he purport tot talk on it’s behalf? Has he become that powerful? What are
these claims that he says <b>"having no basis and without factual
information"</b> That board members have resigned because of serious
disagreements? What claims are not factual? One former board member Ali Hussein
wrote to this list and laid it plain and simple that there are problems at
Kenic, he said</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span lang="EN-GB">"For as long as we do not resolve the
fundamental issues KeNIC will continue to languish in the doldrums. It is incumbent upon the community at large
to resolve these issues and put Personalities aside. At this juncture I must disclose that the
Board of KeNIC then did acknowledge that an institutional assessment needed to
be done because it became clear that the board had become dysfunctional. I must
acknowledge too that as a Board (at least from my opinion) we had failed the community.
This report MUST be made public so that we can move forward. After all if we do
not accept that we are sick how can we be cured?"</span></blockquote>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Will we sit down and continue relying on
anonymous whistle blowers or will we be counted as the generation that stood up
and saved the direction of our registry? Lets remember Edmund Burke's words “When
bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an
unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." or more clearly "All
that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">So, we are on August 10th 2012. Has anybody
received a notice for the AGM as promised?</span></p></div><div><br><div><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 August 2012 09:43, the truth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msema_kweli@outlook.com" target="_blank">msema_kweli@outlook.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Lest we forget, there is more that is happening at the Registry of .ke that is hidden from the Internet community. As at the posting of the initial message of this thread, the chairlady was on her way out; she has already left.<div>
<br></div><div>Now, what will happen if all the current staff left at once? Does the kenic board understand the magnitude of the importance of .ke to the thousands of businesses in this country that rely on this critical resource? Imagine waking up and finding that <a href="http://nation.co.ke/" target="_blank">nation.co.ke</a>, <a href="http://safaricom.co.ke/" target="_blank">safaricom.co.ke</a>, <a href="http://standardmedia.co.ke/" target="_blank">standardmedia.co.ke</a>, <a href="http://mocality.co.ke/" target="_blank">mocality.co.ke</a>, <a href="http://google.co.ke/" target="_blank">google.co.ke</a>, just to mention a few, are all down. There's such a probability. Rumour has it the current staff can't cope with Buruchara's style of management (or better way of changing things), and unrealistic board resolutions. So, who will be in charge of our domains? Talk of a player being a referee too.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Who owns kenic? Is it a few individuals? If I own a .ke domain, am I not a stakeholder of .ke? Food for thought</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 July 2012 14:24, Odhiambo Washington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color:#1f497d"></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Sammy Buruchara [mailto:<a href="mailto:sammy@nbnet.co.ke" target="_blank">sammy@nbnet.co.ke</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions (<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>)<br><b>Subject:</b> KENIC<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>RE: Online discussions on Resignations of Board at the Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC)<u></u><u></u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
Reference is made to the various online discussions regarding resignations of Board members of at the Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC).<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The KeNIC board and management would like to take this early opportunity to refute these claims as having no basis and without factual information.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Early this year, the KeNIC Board, while carrying out a mid-term review of the implementation of its Strategic plan, agreed on the need for KeNIC to carry out an Institutional Assessment to ensure that it operates in line with the international best practices and that its operations are aligned to its Strategic plan.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Consultant was tasked by KeNIC to carry out the Institutional Assessment and in their report, which was adopted by the KeNIC board, established a number of areas that KeNIC needed to address, to remain in business as well as to improve in its core mandate of registering dot KE domain names. The following is an highlight of the areas needing action:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>The alignment of the Board membership to the KeNIC’s Memorandum and Articles of Association. <u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>A review of the current Strategic Plan to align it to realistic Goals and Targets in the light of changing market conditions.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>A review of the KeNIC Stakeholders to reflect its core business.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Development and strengthening of KeNIC’s Financial and Procurement policies, among other policies.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Review of the management structure to reflect the revised Strategic Plan.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">KeNIC Board has diligently followed through the Consultant’s Institutional Assessment report by implementing the recommendations contained in the report with the aim of strengthening KeNIC’s operations. Inevitably, the implementation of the report is going to affect the constitution of the KeNIC board. However, the board wishes to remain intact until the AGM, after which its board membership will change, after the adoption by the AGM. In view of this, it’s important to note that those board members who have since resigned, they have done so voluntarily, and most of them have been replaced by their appointing member organizations.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">KeNIC is due to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in August 2012 (next month) to update its stakeholders on the progress of this process, among other reports scheduled for presentation and discussion during the AGM.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The KeNIC board and management would therefore wish to dispel any rumors of an alleged crisis in KeNIC, and to state categorically that there is no crisis at in KeNIC and that the Board and management are fully discharging their duties of ensuring KeNIC is run professionally and in line with the international best practices.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sammy Buruchara<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Change Manager<span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></font></span></b></p>
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