If I have a .com domain purchased from an international domain seller and I host it there, there is no way to restrict a Kenyan accessing my website from here unless you go china way. Its like trying to restrict someone from accessing facebook.com and forcing them to use facebook.co.ke. The only thing they can do is restrict the local registrars for .co.ke domains to switch off domains in that extension. Which is why I said that can only restrict .co.ke domains. So if you have blahblah.co.ke, Just go and purchase blahblah.com/biz/info (Its actually cheaper). You can then have both domain point to the same server. Once they pass any such restricting laws and shutdown your .co.ke domain, you'll simply continue using your .com domain. The other alternative is to have a very simple host here and anyone going to your site is redirected to the .com one. Local hosting just ain't cut for reliability

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Gichingiri Kuria <gmail@gichingiri.com> wrote:

According to the first paragraph, the law has been proposed. I think this is the point where we should come together and show the negatives of such a move.

Depending on how active we want to be, it could be as simple as a facebook group, an online petition or go shout 'haki yetu' outside CCK offices.

Either way, the talk needs to go to the guys coming up with the law. Its not enough to talk about it amongst ourselves.

On 28 November 2013 08:47, Tech List Kenya <techlistkenya@gmail.com> wrote:

I'd like to hear what @Adam Nelson has to say about this.

 

CCK's move is the perfect example of a loser mentality. Instead of facing the emerging challenges head on, which requires more resources (brain power, money, excellent leadership) and is much more risky, they chose the easy way out. Easy for them.

 

I believe the internet space is one of the few markets where the provider must know they are competing against the world, not just the region. And I believe once they reach like 70% of what the 'big shots' offer, it wont even require CCK to make customers to host locally. It will be natural

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 8:28 AM, motobaridi <motobaridi@gmail.com> wrote:

"...in the fight against cyber crime..."
The nanny-states' standard fallback excuse...err qualifier. Also
usually disguised as "think of the children".

On 11/28/13, Martin Gicheru <martin@techweez.com> wrote:
> These are not just domains but server space.  That's retrogressive, with
> the quality of service guarantee we have here we will be going back to
> 1999.
>
> Sent from my Galaxy Gear
> On 27 Nov 2013 19:58, "solomon kariri" <solomonkariri@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hehe. The rise and fall of .ke domains. I hope those are the only ones
>> they will be able to enforce
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Kevin Omondi
>> <kevin.ouma@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Youve got to be kidding me ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Stephen Wanjau
>>> <wanjaustev@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I thought I would post this here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/CCK-pushes-firms-to-host-websites-locally-in-new-rules/-/539550/2089412/-/15ly5o1z/-/index.html
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