<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Interesting. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Let's pose for a minute to think this through.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">What does it mean to say a country like Kenya?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">1. No government services? </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">2. What happens if say CA is denied such resources? Any effect on Telcom services? Or monitoring of such services?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">3. How about KeNIC? Will this affect KeNIC because maybe someone can argue there's ia Government stake in KeNIC? </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">4. National Security? </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">5. Signet? </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Very interesting conversation. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Thanks for sharing Kivuva.<br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 11 Apr 2017, at 10:33 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>An interesting policy on anti-Internet shutdown which the authors</span><br><span>think is "Draconian" in nature has been floated at the AFRINIC Policy</span><br><span>Development Working Group.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The draft policy says</span><br><span></span><br><span>13.0 Internet shutdown order by governments</span><br><span></span><br><span>An internet shutdown is deemed to have occurred when it can be proved</span><br><span>that there was an attempt, failed or successful, to restrict access to</span><br><span>the internet to a segment of the population irrespective of the</span><br><span>provider or access medium that they utilize.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>13.1 In the event of an internet shutdown performed at the order of a</span><br><span>government that is either total or partial:</span><br><span></span><br><span>a) For a period of 12 months following the end of the shutdown –</span><br><span>AFRINIC will allocate no resources to the government of the</span><br><span>countryThis also applies to all government owned entities and entities</span><br><span>that have direct provable relationships with said government.</span><br><span>b) In the event of a transfer policy existing, AFRINIC shall not</span><br><span>assist or participate in any transfers to any of the entities above.</span><br><span>c) All sub-allocations of space within said country involving the</span><br><span>referred to entities shall equally cease for a period of 12 months.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Published in this link</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/2061-anti-shutdown-01">https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/2061-anti-shutdown-01</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Regards</span><br><span>______________________</span><br><span>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya</span><br><span><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br><span>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a></span><br><span>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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