[Community-Discuss] TESPOK_KENYA STATEMENT ON AFRINIC

[Sylvain Baya]

Dear AfriNIC's Community,

Le mercredi 11 août 2021, Fiona Asonga <tespok at tespok.co.ke> a écrit :


> Dear All

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>

Hi Fiona,

...i thank you and all the valuable resource members from TESPOK, for this
great support.


TESPOK- Technology Service Providers Of Kenya has issued the following

> statement regarding the current situation at AFRINIC.

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That's a really appreciated kind of response, i
personally encourage other resource members
to endorse it...anyone should understand the risk attached to the situation
in which only few (one?) resource member(s?) have jeopardized AfriNIC,
including all those who respect the RSA they have
signed prior to receiving some INRs; to use within
the AfriNIC service region...in compliance with the
CPM.

...also, given the brutality, of that adverse action,
i ask myself if the appropriate response is not to
launch a joint similar action against that adversary
 LIR? it seems to be easy to calculate the actual
value of the INRs holding by all the resource
members whose businesses could be potentially
affected by the freeze of AfriNIC's bank accounts.

...maybe TESPOK should try to coordinate with
the other potentially affected resource members
(~1900)? also note that: that "INRs War" has been
started and the other camp is actively recruiting,
publicly through their QG web site at NRA...maybe
gathering the resource members might be a good
start :-/

The risk is shared with the other RIRs which form
a unique Internet Numbers Registry System (INRS)
(RFC7020); now under the same attack...

Thanks once more.

Shalom,
--sb.




> <https://www.tespok.co.ke/?p=14010>It reads:

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> 10th August 2021

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> *STATEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PROVIDERS OF KENYA (TESPOK) ON AFRINIC*

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> Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK) is a professional non-

> profit organization representing interests of Technology Service Providers

> in Kenya and it runs the Kenya Internet Exchange Point.

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> TESPOK and its 80+ members are dependent on the internet resources

> acquired as members of AFRINIC, thus AFRINIC plays a crucial role as the

> sole delegated administrator of critical Internet resources for the African

> region as Kenya internet users rely on AFRINIC to provide and efficiently

> distribute internet number resources, support internet technology usage to

> be able to connect to the Internet and to conduct business online.

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> Afrinic’s Chief Executive Officer’s communication to members regarding the

> dispute between AFRINIC and Cloud Innovation Limited has left TESPOK and

> its membership concerned. The dispute has led to AFRINICS accounts being

> frozen thus hindering AFRINIC’s ability to operate and perform its duties.

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> TESPOK recognizes that AFRINIC plays an important role in running critical

> services for the global internet thus we at TESPOK would like to support

> AFRINIC meet its operational obligations until the dispute is resolved.

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> We thank the AFRINIC CEO, Eddy Kayihura for the constant updates and

> reassurance he has provided members and we would like to humbly appeal to

> AFRINIC’s Board of Directors and Senior Management to focus on its core

> mandate and ensure the stability of Africa’s internet ecosystem.

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> TESPOK hopes that AFRINIC will do everything within its ability to ensure

> business continuity and that a swift amicable solution to the dispute shall

> be reached.

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> *ENDS...*

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> *About TESPOK *

>

> *Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) is a

> professional, non-profit organization representing the interests of

> telecommunication service providers in Kenya.  Established in 1999, the

> strength of the Association rests on its ability to be truly representative

> of the Kenyan industry as a whole. The association has brought the issues

> affecting its members into the limelight creating awareness among policy

> makers and the general public as well as producing several concrete

> outcomes. **More information is available

> at: https://www.tespok.co.ke/?p=14010 <https://www.tespok.co.ke/?p=14010> *

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