Perhaps then it is time for the KeNIC governance/Board to open KE domains to all registrars whether they have presence in Kenya or not. This would surely assist KE reaching the million milestone somewhat quicker. Protecting local Registrars has perhaps had its place and time - time for change?

Personally - this would make maintaining my KE domains DNSSEC status easier and I'd probably add a few more domains too.

On 2020/07/04 11:58, Barrack Otieno via kictanet wrote:
@watila, due to the nature of the google brand, it has many Registrars around the world. In some cases due to the requirement for local presence, international Registrars who have the rights to manage the google brand sub contract local registrars to register the domains on behalf of google. As such you are right to asert that some of the Registrars may not necessarily offer .co.ke domains.

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On Fri, 3 Jul 2020, 10:10 am awatila--- via kictanet, <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
the dns registrars used by google do not provide .ke domains

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On 3 Jul 2020 09:14, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
Incorrect sir. My .ke is operated from Google Apps. 

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On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 11:09 AM awatila--- via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
if you are hosting on google apps you cannot register and pay for a .ke domain within google apps

the initial rules to prevent cybersquating by non kenyans need to be reviewed 
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On 2 Jul 2020 10:49, James Mbugua via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Could it be to do with security?

Some people seem to prefer .com domains coz they are hosted abroad out of reach of security agencies.

JG Mbugua

On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 10:42, Grace Bomu via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thanks Indeje.
The government domains seem to be very low.....have they not been converted by the .ke gospel?


On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 10:01, David Indeje via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,

This is a conversation that Mr Ali Hussein and Barrack Otieno have been pushing. 


The number of registered domains dropped from 91,940 reported during the previous quarter to 91,603 domains during the period under review. As indicated during the previous quarter, the drop is attributed to the closure of businesses and other non-governmental institutions in the country. 

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