Protection; Promotion; Fairness and Transparency in Competition; Products and Services are the main issues that need to be balanced.<div><br></div><div>Also, Good Policies may result into good governance in this area of activities (at 360 Degrees, 24/7).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Where are we at the moment in the above?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Yassin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/11 alice munyua <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Its about consumer protection, legitimate companies operating in that area, encouraging new entrepreneurs etc<br>
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Best<br>
<font color="#888888">Alice<br>
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Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Re: kenya amendment act and KENIC<br>
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On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 11:05 +0000, alice munyua wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> 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.<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 dot KE namespace and<br>
> registry operator. What the KCA ammendment requires is if a registered 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 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 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<br>
><br>
> Best<br>
> Alice<br>
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</div><div class="im">Alice,<br>
<br>
Thanks for the clarification - there is always lots of ambiguity when it<br>
comes to interpreting legislation and the effects thereof.<br>
<br>
I'm curious - how does placing a barrier to entry (the requirement to<br>
get a licence) encourage competition?<br>
<br>
Sincerely<br>
<br>
--Calvin<br>
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