<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Bwana CEO<div><br></div><div>That’s a fair response. We shall revisit this in the near future. :-)<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><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 28 Dec 2017, at 3:06 PM, ceo via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr"><br>
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<p dir="ltr">I can see you want KeNIC to be a billion dollar organization :)</p>
<p dir="ltr">My comment on <a href="http://co.ke">co.ke</a> is that, we have just started rolling out the second level Dot ke domains. In fact we are yet to reach general availability for us to gauge how the registrants are able to juggle between the 3rd level and 2nd level domains. We need to give the market some time to settle with the new product.</p>
<p dir="ltr">My feeling is that for the time being, <a href="http://co.ke">co.ke</a> remain reserved as it is the major flagship of KeNIC, which gives extensions to most business organisation. Putting it out for auction will expose KeNIC to serious litigation from all the 3rd level <a href="http://co.ke">co.ke</a> owners. I appreciate the various suggestion put forward how the risk can be reduced by having an agreement forbidding creation of sub domains of <a href="http://co.ke">co.ke</a>. </p>
<p dir="ltr">But for the time being, let us roll out the rest of the 2nd level domains and reserve the <a href="http://co.ke">co.ke</a>. We may open up discussion in future on how to handle it after the market has got used to the current 2nd levels ready for uptake.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Kind regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Abdalla <br></p>
<div class="quote">On Dec 28, 2017 12:37 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">@Ali,<div><br></div><div>Let's wait and hear if Abdallah thinks like you :-)</div><div><br></div><div>We may be saying it's impossible, but maybe it is not...</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="elided-text">On 28 December 2017 at 11:52, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Wash<div><br></div><div>KeNIC is ours. I’m just trying to think out of the box so that some of these resources that could be in the community’s control can be used to further our ICT Agenda beyond government. We need to think out of the box and monetize resources available. </div><div><br></div><div>Wacha hiyo mentality ya kukalia uchumi boss.. :-)<br><br><div><div><b>Ali Hussein</b></div><div><b>Principal</b></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba( 255 , 255 , 255 , 0 )">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:'helvetica';font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:'helvetica';font-size:medium"><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 )"></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">http://ke.linkedin.c<wbr>om/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><br></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><br></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div><div><br>On 28 Dec 2017, at 11:44 AM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div><div dir="ltr">@Ali,<div><br></div><div>Hiyo yako ni tamaa :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Let the <a href="http://co.ke">co.ke</a> just stay. It cannot be sold.</div></div><div><br><div class="elided-text">On 28 December 2017 at 09:36, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] <a href="http://Ni.ke">Ni.ke</a> 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 :-) )<br>
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