Dear Barrack and all Apologies for cross posting. Thanks for taking this up. Would be a good idea to get some really good background to this so that we can put all this in context. I mean from the historical Randy Bush and Dr.Shem Ochuodho days to the discussions that culminated in the Multi- Stakeholder MOU. The link below is instructive:- IANA Report Subject: Request of Kenya Network Information Center for Redelegation of .ke Top-Level Domain Date: 20 December 2002 The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (the IANA), as part of the administrative functions associated with management of the domain-name system root, is responsible for receiving requests for delegation and redelegation of top-level domains, investigating the circumstances pertinent to those requests, and reporting on the requests. In June 2002, the IANA received a request for the redelegation of the .ke (Kenya) country-code top-level domain (ccTLD). This report gives the findings and conclusions of the IANA on its investigation of that request.... Read on for more background:- http://www.iana.org/reports/2002/ke-report-20dec02.html Its important that stakeholders understand why there is concern among certain quarters on this issue. Regards Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113/ 0770 906375 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad On Jul 18, 2013, at 10:23 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

Many thanks to all those who have expressed concern over the above mentioned issue, i would like to invite all of you to submit your contributions to info@isoc.or.ke for more information please read http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/CCK-sets-standards-for-next-registrar-of-.... During the Kenya IGF we will issue a common position as the Internet Society Kenya Chapter, we will relay the same to the Communications Commission of Kenya and the Government of Kenya. We will have a session during the Kenya IGF to discuss the issue and you are all welcomed on 26 July 2013 at Strathmore University Business School.

Best Regards

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