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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>It was more of the trade mark Nike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Is it a cyber squatter or nike that won the bid?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Omondi via kictanet<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 20, 2017 8:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> awatila@yahoo.co.uk<br><b>Cc:</b> Bob Omondi <omondibob@gmail.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Ni.ke hits the Kshs 1 billion (or $9.7m) mark in the premium domain auction of the .ke second level domain launch (Warning: This could be #FakeNews :-) )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>@Ali,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I am struggling with the figure :-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>.KE is going place indeed!<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Bob.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 8:16 PM, Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Nope.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>I billion. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Ali Hussein</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Principal</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Hussein & Associates</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Tel: +254 713 601113</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Skype: abu-jomo</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Chiromo Road, Westlands,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Nairobi, Kenya.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Bobs via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>10M I think!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Bob.<o:p></o:p></p><div id="m_-398996255249470591m_-5393889688716550237AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Dec 20, 2017, at 6:56 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Woooowwww! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Yep, this is a great feat. Kudos KENIC! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2017-12-20 18:38 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Ni.ke hits the Kshs 1 billion (or $9.7m) mark in the premium domain auction of the .ke second level domain launch. This is probably an all time record of any ccTLD (Country Code Second Level Domain). </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>For a minute I thought this was an error. And it could still be.. :-) </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><a href="http://auction.kenic.or.ke/item/19203406/nike" target="_blank">http://auction.kenic.or.ke/item/19203406/nike</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>If this turns out to be true it would be a world record and focus the world alot more on Kenya.. Hold on! We are onto a wild ride! :-)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>At the very least this is great PR and a Marketing Coup.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>@Abdalla and Team - Well done for putting KENIC on the map!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);background-position-x:0px;background-position-y:0px'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Regards</span><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Ali Hussein</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Principal</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Hussein & Associates</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Tel: +254 713 601113</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Skype: abu-jomo</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Chiromo Road, Westlands,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Nairobi, Kenya.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nmutungu%40gmail.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nmutungu%40gmail.com</a><br><br>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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