Mwendwa

I think even the suggestion that there was collaboration between KeNIC and DCA is quite erroneous. I remember very clearly that this was tabled at a board meeting and was rejected by the board. In fact KeNIC was even a part of the original discussion  in Johannesburg regarding KeNIC collaboration with other ccTLDs and the Africa Union to go for the .Africa domain.  I know this Mwendwa because I was a board member at KeNIC then and participated in the Joburg meeting. 

We need to be careful how we articulate issues and be more responsible in our reporting. Ignorance is not a defense and the said journalist should have sought background information and reached out to experts in the space. There's simply no excuse for making such a blatant mistake.

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On 15 Mar 2016, at 6:43 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

I think this is a genuine mistake on the part of the journalist.
Remember initially, 5 years ago, there was collaboration of DCA with
KENIC. I cannot get enough resources on this, but if you read the
resource below, you can add one and one together.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130314_sammy_buruchara_former_chair_of_dca_appointed_kenyan_gac_advisor/





On 15/03/2016, Brian Munyao Longwe via kictanet
<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Hmmm,

Might be someone who is sucking sour grapes over recent .africa
developments and wants to try and incite KOT against South Africa and the
ZACR team.

Pure lack of imagination IMHO...



On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Listers

Am I missing the point here? When did the .Africa fight become a Kenya vs
South Africa affair??

A case of a journalist not understanding what's going on or a deliberate
misinformation campaign?


http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/smartcompany/Kenya-S-Africa-domain-row-intensifies/-/1226/3117572/-/14rhip4z/-/index.html

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