<div dir="ltr">OT -- Article notes -- .ke has 28,000 domains registered while .za has over 1 million domains registered.<div><br></div><div>Over the past 5 years while investigating various intranet flops in Kenya, have realized why this could be.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We Africans are much better at talking than at documenting/automating positive aspects of our cultures/policies.</div><div><br></div><div>Automation requires documentation, which involves knowledge capture and retention within various domains.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Murigi / Stanley Muraya</div><div><br></div><div><span style="line-height:13px;color:rgb(0,19,32);font-family:Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><span style="background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><span style="line-height:20px"><font size="1"><b>"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32</b></font></span><span style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has delinked itself from the Kenya Network Information Centre (Kenic) setting stage for licensing of a new body that will manage and administer the country�s Internet addresses system.</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Read on:-</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Search-for-independent--ke-administrator-gathers-pace/-/1248928/2090806/-/3hlv16/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Search-for-independent--ke-administrator-gathers-pace/-/1248928/2090806/-/3hlv16/-/index.html</a></span></div>
<div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Further to a blog posting by Wanjiku, this story that appeared online yesterday requires some attention from us as players in the industry.</span></div><div><span>�</span></div><div>
<span>In the last AGM there was a promise to engage stakeholders to map a way forward on this issue. Stakeholder engagement is critical to ensure we don't run afoul of IANA and ICANN rules and regulations regarding re</span>delegation (if it comes to that) of the .ke ccTLD.</div>
<div><br></div><div>One thing that is coming out of this is definitely a positive and I salute CCK for moving boldly on this.This is the issue of Corporate Governance and whether as a regulator they should have a sit at the table in the running of KeNIC. Having said that, the unilaterally pronouncements from the CCK on the future of KeNIC doesn't auger well for the ccTLD. It is as if CCK has decided it is the 800 pound Gorilla (ok..admittedly it is by all intents and purposes) and what it says goes..and be damned the other stakeholders.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Do I hear the word impunity?�</div><div><br></div><div>I urge the current KeNIC board (of which CCK is a member) to keep their promise of engagement and inclusiveness. They will be surprised at how receptive the community is to ensuring that .ke grows from strength to strength..if it means that this will be the end of KeNIC then so be it. But let this decision not be bulldozed down our throats by one member of the community.</div>
<div><br><div><span>Ali Hussein</span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". �~ Albert Einstein</div>
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