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

[Vika Mpisane]

Thanks for the clarity, Brian. 

 

I was a bit nervous that a player of such magnitude and importance as Kenic
might be replaced by new registry operators, which would mean we would loose
out on so much collective experience & expertise.

 

Regards,

 

Vika Mpisane

.za Domain Name Authority

Tel: +27 11 275 0082

Fax:+27 11 234 5022

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From: Brian Munyao Longwe [mailto:blongwe at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:58 PM
To: vika at zadna.org.za; africann at afrinic.net
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Re: kenya amendment act and KENIC

 

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)
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Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 11:11:21
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