Local content in trouble?
http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12637&Itemid=5880 The article says the ICT bill requires people who publish local content on the internet (companies with websites, etc) pay an annual licence fee of 100,000. Probably an early April fools joke!
someone please explain this.... 83F. The Commission may,upon application in the prescribed manner and subject to such conditions as it may deem necessary,grant licences under this section authorizing a person to administer a sub-domain in the country code top-level domain. 83D.(1) No person shall – (a) operate an electronic certification system; or (b) update a repository or administer a subdomain in the Kenya country top level domain (.ke ccTLD); except in accordance with a licence granted under this Act. (2) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years,or both. who is the commission here.....CCK? i also hope its april fools in february! On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:18 AM, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com>wrote:
http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12637&Itemid=5880
The article says the ICT bill requires people who publish local content on the internet (companies with websites, etc) pay an annual licence fee of 100,000.
Probably an early April fools joke!
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This section appears straight forward. My interpretation is that 83D.(1) (a) refers to Certification Agencies and 83D.(1)(b) refers to .ke registrars both of whom require to be licensed by the CCK. This is necessary to make the Internet a secure environment to carry out e-commerce. I have not seen the section that requires those publishing local content to have to pay. Waudo On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:34:10 +0300, "nancy bosire" <bozaya@gmail.com> said : someone please explain this.... 83F. The Commission may,upon application in the prescribed manner and subject to such conditions as it may deem necessary,grant licences under this section authorizing a person to administer a sub-domain in the country code top-level domain. 83D.(1) No person shall (a) operate an electronic certification system; or (b) update a repository or administer a subdomain in the Kenya country top level domain (.ke ccTLD); except in accordance with a licence granted under this Act. (2) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years,or both. who is the commission here.....CCK? i also hope its april fools in february! On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:18 AM, wesley kiriinya <[1]kiriinya2000@yahoo.com> wrote: [2]http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view &id=12637&Itemid=5880 The article says the ICT bill requires people who publish local content on the internet (companies with websites, etc) pay an annual licence fee of 100,000. Probably an early April fools joke! _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [3]kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke [4]http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [5]bozaya@gmail.com Unsubscribe or change your options at [6]http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bozaya %40gmail.com -- Sincerely yours, Nancy Bosire Managing Director Blueline Synergy Limited Tel: 020 2317230/29 Mobile: 0721907995 [7]info@bluelinesynergy.com,[8]nancy@bluelinesynergy.com [9]http://www.bluelinesynergy.com Domain Registration.Web Design & Hosting.Software Development.LAN/WAN setup.Maintenance.Projectors. New/Used PCs & Laptops.Computer Accessories.Office Stationary "Your consistent thoughts create your consistent results." "Whatever your mind expects and demands, it will find a way to produce it." - Napoleon Hill Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!! References 1. mailto:kiriinya2000@yahoo.com 2. http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12637&Itemid=5880 3. mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke 4. http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet 5. mailto:bozaya@gmail.com 6. http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bozaya%40gmail.com 7. mailto:info@bluelinesynergy.com 8. mailto:nancy@bluelinesynergy.com 9. http://www.bluelinesynergy.com/ We are the change we've been waiting for. - Kenyan-American Barack Hussein Obama
Dear Nancy, Pole sana - but you have misunderstood. Let me lay it out so that (hopefully) you and others might have a slightly better understanding. 1) .KE is a "Country Code Top-Level Domain" in internet jargon this is CCTLD 2) In Kenya, the policy is to have five sub-domains i.e. .co, .or, .go, .ac and .sc 3) The clauses in the the KCA Amendments '09 relate to the "sub-domains" as above - not to third-level domains 4) By virtue of this - all domain registration occur at the 3rd level domain e.g. kictanet.or.ke 5) The licensing provision is a "forward looking" (to use an American term) provision that will allow the development of a competitive hierarchy of registries (since the same act prohibits monopolies and duopolies. Hope this makes things a bit clearer - and also takes the fear out of people's hearts! Regards, Brian On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:34 PM, nancy bosire <bozaya@gmail.com> wrote:
someone please explain this....
83F. The Commission may,upon application in the prescribed manner and subject to such conditions as it may deem necessary,grant licences under this section authorizing a person to administer a sub-domain in the country code top-level domain. 83D.(1) No person shall – (a) operate an electronic certification system; or (b) update a repository or administer a subdomain in the Kenya country top level domain (.ke ccTLD); except in accordance with a licence granted under this Act. (2) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years,or both.
who is the commission here.....CCK?
i also hope its april fools in february!
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:18 AM, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com>wrote:
http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12637&Itemid=5880
The article says the ICT bill requires people who publish local content on the internet (companies with websites, etc) pay an annual licence fee of 100,000.
Probably an early April fools joke!
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"Your consistent thoughts create your consistent results."
"Whatever your mind expects and demands, it will find a way to produce it." - Napoleon Hill
Mahatma Gandhi once said:-
First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
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That article was a gross misinterpretation. I wonder why people never bother to check their facts before they write? A simple call to KENIC would have answered things very well. Brian On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:18 AM, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com>wrote:
http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12637&Itemid=5880
The article says the ICT bill requires people who publish local content on the internet (companies with websites, etc) pay an annual licence fee of 100,000.
Probably an early April fools joke!
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Brian Munyao Longwe -
nancy bosire -
waudo siganga -
wesley kiriinya