<div dir="ltr">Thanks Ali, Wambua, All<div><br></div><div>If the position of CCK is as clarified above, then the Director General must have been misquoted in the Business Daily article. I would say this is a more comfortable regulatory position.</div>
<div><br></div><div>best regards</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Wambua, Christopher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Wambua@cck.go.ke" target="_blank">Wambua@cck.go.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I wish to set the record straight on this matter. What the DG said during the COMESA cyber-security meeting was as follows:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">That the CCK will soon delink itself from the governance of KENIC in line with the requirement of the law. CCK is finalizing on the licensing framework
for the ccTLD business segment. As we have indicated on this list before, the framework shall be subjected to stakeholder consultations as soon as it is ready.
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">He also encouraged local firms and individuals to adopt the dot ke domain names to ensure that we keep local traffic local.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">We do not know where the reporter got the story of developing regulations to compel firms and individuals to host their websites locally from. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best regards,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Christopher Wambua<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Manager – Communications<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Consumer and Public Affairs Department<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">P.O. Box 14448 NAIROBI 00800<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ali Hussein<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Wambua, Christopher<br>
<b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Is CCK right to require firms to host websites locally?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This story is refusing to die...I'm sure aggravated by CCKs silence on this..<u></u><u></u></p>
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