[AfrICANN-discuss] Re: kenya amendment act and KENIC

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Hi Vika,

To shed a bit of light, the Amendment deals with licensing of registrys -
registrars don't require a license. I agree with this principle because it
is not restrictive at the bottom of the pyramid.

To ally your fears, KENIC will definitely continue to operate and administer
domains at the 2nd level.

Regards,

Brian
Vice-Chair, KENIC

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Vika Mpisane <vika at zadna.org.za> wrote:

> Hi Alice,
>
> I understand the registrar liberalization part, which makes sense, but I
> don't understand why the role of licensing registrars for 2nd level domains
> should not be performed by the ccTLD manager, in this case, Kenic.
>
> And just so that I have a clear understanding: is the amendment act only
> limited to licensing registrars, not registries? I mean, is there a
> guarantee that Kenic will continue to operate the .ke 2nd level domains
> without being required to obtain a license from CCK?
>
> Regards,
>
> Vika Mpisane
> .za Domain Name Authority
> Tel: +27 11 275 0082
> Fax:+27 11 234 5022
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: africann-bounces at afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces at afrinic.net]
> On
> Behalf Of alice munyua
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 1:05 PM
> To: africann at afrinic.net
> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Re: kenya amendment act and KENIC
>
> There seems to be some  misunderstanding  about what the kenya
> communication
> amendment act 2009 (KCA 2009) and what it proposes to introduce, which is
> basically the era of convergence.
>
> It is the introduction of liberalisation at
> the sub domain level by creating a
> competitive registrar model. KENIC remains the ccTLD manager of the whole
> dot KE namespace and
> registry operator. What the KCA ammendment requires is  if a registered
> company wants to manage/sell the second level, i.e. .co.ke, sc.ke etc.
> they
> would need to get a  license from CCK to become an registarar.
> This is encouraging competition at the sub domain level and from my
> interpretation that is progress..there has been a discussion on some lists
> that the government takes on a larger than life oversight role, this is not
> correct and please note that the regulatory authority CCK has always been a
> major stakeholder in KENIC
>
> Best
> Alice
>
> (Views expressed are personal and not a reflection of any
> organisation/institution - am affiliated with)
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 11:11:21
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