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

[Dr Yassin Mshana]

Protection; Promotion; Fairness and Transparency in Competition; Products
and Services are the main issues that need to be balanced.
Also, Good Policies may result into good governance in this area of
activities (at 360 Degrees, 24/7).

Where are we at the moment in the above?

Cheers

Yassin

2009/5/11 alice munyua <alice at apc.org>

> Its about consumer protection, legitimate  companies operating in that
> area, encouraging new entrepreneurs etc
>
>
> Best
> Alice
> ------Original Message------
> From: Calvin Browne
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> To: africann at afrinic.net
> ReplyTo: africann at afrinic.net
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Re: kenya amendment act and KENIC
> Sent: May 11, 2009 2:43 PM
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> On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 11:05 +0000, alice munyua wrote:
> > 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
>
> Alice,
>
> Thanks for the clarification - there is always lots of ambiguity when it
> comes to interpreting legislation and the effects thereof.
>
> I'm curious - how does placing a barrier to entry (the requirement to
> get a licence) encourage competition?
>
> Sincerely
>
> --Calvin
>
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