What came of the 4th KENIC AGM?

After some research on the KENIC  website and live tweets by Moses Kemibaro, the following points can be noted. If not yet familiar with KENIC then you may want to read this first.


-KENIC has resolved to set-up working groups for .ke domain name marketing and dispute resolution.
- The .ke domain names have to be registered through a local registrar(ISP) so payments would be done via wire transfer or m-pesa. (really good!!)
-The new .KE registry system actually automates the process of registrants managing their own domain names with kenic instead of registrars. This should be working really well.
-The controversial Kenya Communications Amendment Act 2009 was to de-link 2nd level domains from the kenic registry. This is still pending. We wait and see how it ends up.
-There is an issue of profane domain names that needs to be looked. For instance names associated with porn as is the case in gTLDs. (to control this is almost impossible, but we wait and see how they go about it).
-To-date, commercial .co.ke domain name extensions dominate uptake is over 11,000 in Kenya to-date. To me this is really low but commendable considering the current ICT situation in Kenya (a lot of unawerness, especially by businesses)
-Kenya has over 30,000 schools but only 34 .sc.ke domain names have been registered to-date. A massive opportunity? 
- The prices of the various domain vary as follows 
          1 .me.ke would be Kes. 500.00 
          2. .co.ke would be Kes. 3,000.00.    Both are pre-tax rates. Price also vary with re-sellers/registrars.

It is clear that KENIC is really trying hard to find a way of getting the domains taken up. Looks like they are really having a hard time marketing the new domains but I must say, the launch of the .me.ke is a good move to give people not only individual web presence but also professional presence. It now remains for the local registrars to come up with suitable and appealing products for the common mwananchi out there.