here is an extract from Hon. Poghisio's speech during the taking stock and way forward....

you can follow on the links below on what happened, especially concerning the desirability of IGF continuation...

I have my favorite extracts from the speeches......but will keep them that way...'my favorites'..for now :-).

>>SAMUEL POGHISIO: Ladies and gentlemen, after four years of IGF, it's now

time to reflect on what we have achieved so far and the future of this forum.

As we deliberate on the five-year life span, whether it's adequate or not, it's

important for us to think of the need for continuation of this coordinated

mechanism to harness contributions from all Internet stakeholders.

Kenya has established the process -- this process at a national level and has

also pioneered the same at the subregional and regional level, and we've found

the following.

A, that with inspiration of the national IGFs, we are able to identify local

level Internet governance issues that then form the building blocks for the

regional level. The East African Internet governance forum, which is now on its

second year.

And B, the following, that the level of sensitization of various Internet

governance issues is now high. We are now very much aware of the governance

issues from management of critical Internet resources, more specifically

strengthening our country's code top level domain, ccTLDs, to develop the

strategies for handling cybercrime and creating universal, affordable access to

ICTs. This has been an important lesson for us, and we see an even better

opportunity in the future.

We support the extension of the IGF and particularly the multistakeholder

processes underpinning it, and we believe it is important for us to continue the

constructive discussions and the debates and open exchange of ideas. However,

there are a number of things that we may want to see changed.

One, allocation of adequate resources to IGF Secretariat and its ability to

function.

Two, the support for regional and national IGFs, with clear mechanisms of

inclusion and integration of the global IGF. The EA IGF which is the East

African IGF wishes to contribute and impact on how the IGF could achieve more

practical and useful outcomes growing from local and regional lessons.

Provisions of deep analysis of discussions on thematic areas to provide a

framework. This will not -- this will not only allow for broad and structured

discussions but also harness the potential for all to get value out of our

process.

Lastly, Kenya is proud to be hosting the ICANN 2010 Africa meeting in Nairobi

in March 7th through 12th and we look forward to hosting you all at the 2011

IGF. I thank you.

Kind Regards,
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"It is time,Africans moved from a knowledge based society to a wise society" Dr. Nii Quaynor