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

[Calvin Browne]

On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 16:39 +0000, alice munyua wrote:
> Its about consumer protection, legitimate  companies operating in that area, encouraging new entrepreneurs etc 
> 
> 
> Best
> Alice

I agree that requiring entities to be licenced my help 'consumer
protection' and weed out non-'legitimate  companies', but I fail to see
how placing an additional barrier to entry is going to 'encourage new
entreprenuers' .

So, I'm really curious as to how the Kenyan model will cause this to
happen?

regards

--Calvin

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> From: Calvin Browne
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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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