Hi Vika,<br><br>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.<br><br>
To ally your fears, KENIC will definitely continue to operate and administer domains at the 2nd level.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Brian<br>Vice-Chair, KENIC<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Vika Mpisane <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vika@zadna.org.za">vika@zadna.org.za</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Alice,<br>
<br>
I understand the registrar liberalization part, which makes sense, but I<br>
don't understand why the role of licensing registrars for 2nd level domains<br>
should not be performed by the ccTLD manager, in this case, Kenic.<br>
<br>
And just so that I have a clear understanding: is the amendment act only<br>
limited to licensing registrars, not registries? I mean, is there a<br>
guarantee that Kenic will continue to operate the .ke 2nd level domains<br>
without being required to obtain a license from CCK?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Vika Mpisane<br>
.za Domain Name Authority<br>
Tel: +27 11 275 0082<br>
Fax:+27 11 234 5022<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Re: kenya amendment act and KENIC<br>
<br>
There seems to be some misunderstanding about what the kenya communication<br>
amendment act 2009 (KCA 2009) and what it proposes to introduce, which is<br>
basically the era of convergence.<br>
<br>
It is the introduction of liberalisation at<br>
the sub domain level by creating a<br>
competitive registrar model. KENIC remains the ccTLD manager of the whole<br>
dot KE namespace and<br>
registry operator. What the KCA ammendment requires is if a registered<br>
company wants to manage/sell the second level, i.e. .<a href="http://co.ke" target="_blank">co.ke</a>, <a href="http://sc.ke" target="_blank">sc.ke</a> etc. they<br>
would need to get a license from CCK to become an registarar.<br>
This is encouraging competition at the sub domain level and from my<br>
interpretation that is progress..there has been a discussion on some lists<br>
that the government takes on a larger than life oversight role, this is not<br>
correct and please note that the regulatory authority CCK has always been a<br>
major stakeholder in KENIC<br>
<br>
Best<br>
Alice<br>
<br>
(Views expressed are personal and not a reflection of any<br>
organisation/institution - am affiliated with)<br>
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