<div dir="auto">Hey Abdalla,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks for the attached response, have gone through it. Some queries still linger:-</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">1. Why would the second level domain system, supposedly not hosted on the parent system (am assuming hosted elsewhere), cause an outage or cause the main pre-existing database system of third level domains to crash, like what was witnessed.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">2. How foolproof, or what measures were taken to ward off rigging or 'defective' bids in the system. A cursory look at the list of bidders, if at all authentic seems to indicate most of those email addresses are foreign, and very few of them on the local . KE domain space. How ironical..?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">3. It almost sounds incredulous that one bid reached KES 1,000,0000,038. Would love to look forward to when that gets paid up, please keep us posted..</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Harry</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 Jan 2018 08:23, "Abdalla via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div><div>Dear Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>Attached, please find the official response from KeNIC. This attachment needs to be read alongside the statement issued on 19th January 2018, on this list.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><br><div>
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</div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 24, 2018, at 3:23 PM, Sidney Ochieng <<a href="mailto:sidney.ochieng@gmail.com" target="_blank">sidney.ochieng@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_6465788296774412111Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">Look forward to reading it. You should consider circulating it widely as this PDF is been shared in other forums as well</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 January 2018 at 15:06, ceo via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><br class="m_6465788296774412111webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p dir="ltr">Dear Sidney,</p><p dir="ltr">I have read your email.</p><p dir="ltr">I am preparing a detailed response to the allegations you have raised.</p><p dir="ltr">As Barrack has stated, it seems you have been misinformed on how the process conducted.</p><p dir="ltr">Thank you.</p><p dir="ltr">Regards,</p><p dir="ltr">Abdalla<br><br><br><br><br></p><div class="m_6465788296774412111HOEnZb"><div class="m_6465788296774412111h5"><p dir="ltr">On Jan 24, 2018 2:03 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br>
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> There is a lot of misinformation and disinformation regarding this issue. I have been involved in such processes locally and across the border and most often this is the outcome of domain auction processes especially where premium domains are concerned. As is the case in the domain name industry, software is used to conduct auctions once the necessary policies have been put in place. Auctions such as these ellicit global interest including mischievous characters who are a handfull to deal with from a policy and technical perspective. Even the most advanced and technically equipped companies around the world are caught flatfooted from time to time. <br>
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