On Jun 26, 2016 5:03 PM, "Collins Areba via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
While at it… Ask if we can get root .ke domains instead of being
restricted to .co.ke / .ac.ke , I bet you can auction www.co.ke for loads of $$. J
Collins, it's not possible to auction or even sell .co.ke <http://www.co.ke> because that domain is already delegate to KENIC, thus hosting all subdomains in that namespace Here is the whois result for co.ke domain EXR-PM1:~ mwendwa$ whois co.ke Domain Name: co.ke Domain ID: 3-KENIC WHOIS Server: Referral URL: Updated Date: 2016-05-29T08:55:03.029Z Creation Date: 2009-05-14T08:34:56.443Z Registry Expiry Date: 2016-05-14T08:34:56.426Z Sponsoring Registrar: root Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: Domain Status: ok Domain Status: serverHold Name Server: mzizi.kenic.or.ke Name Server: ns1.coza.net.za DNSSEC: unsigned Additional Section Sponsoring Registrar URL: Sponsoring Registrar Address: P.O. Box 1461 Nairobi - 00606 Waiyaki Way Sponsoring Registrar Country: KE Sponsoring Registrar Phone: Sponsoring Registrar Fax: Sponsoring Registrar Customer Service Contact: Sponsoring Registrar Customer Service Email: registry@kenic.or.ke Sponsoring Registrar Admin Contact: Sponsoring Registrar Admin Email: registry@kenic.or.ke
Last update of WHOIS database: 2016-06-27T07:45:58.387Z <<<
All that said, there is poor design and name reservation list on the .ke namespace. For example, KENIC let www.co.ke be registered by some Chinese entity. Usually common URL identifiers in the .or.ke .co.ke .ne.ke .me.ke . go.ke should be reserved in perpetuity. I wish KENIC can give a rational for this. For me I would have prefered www.co.ke to redirect to www.kenic.or.ke. Here is the whois for www.co.ke EXR-PM1:~ mwendwa$ whois www.co.ke Domain Name: www.co.ke Domain ID: 42367-KENIC WHOIS Server: Referral URL: Updated Date: 2016-06-04T09:34:12.959Z Creation Date: 2011-07-09T05:29:07.701Z Registry Expiry Date: 2016-07-09T05:29:07.720Z Sponsoring Registrar: Webhost Kenya Ltd Domain Status: ok Registrant ID: 42366-KENIC Registrant Name: Guo Xiufeng Registrant Street: No.66 Yuhua Road Registrant Street: Hebei University of Science and Technology Registrant City: Shijiazhuang Registrant State/Province: Hebei Registrant Postal Code: 050000 Registrant Country: CN Registrant Phone: Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Email: showfom@gmail.com Name Server: pat.ns.cloudflare.com Name Server: phil.ns.cloudflare.com DNSSEC: unsigned
Last update of WHOIS database: 2016-06-27T07:54:42.641Z <<< % Copyright KENIC
On registering domains on the .ke root, that may be possible after stakeholder consultations, and change of the current regulations that govern the .ke root. This has been debated for decades, and where we stand currently, there is a possibility the community will allow that to go on. Here is the current .ke regulations http://www.kenyalaw.org/LegalNotices/pop_ln.php?file=453 Sincerely, Mwendwa Kivuva