FYI. Happy weekend, Andrea ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hazel Kirigo Kingori <kingori@cck.go.ke> Date: 12 August 2011 14:43 Subject: APPOINTMENT OF ACTING CCK DIRECTOR GENERAL To: ** **** ** *PRESS RELEASE* ** **** **** ** **** ** ** **** 12th August 2011**** ** *NEWS EDITOR * * * *RE: APPOINTMENT OF ACTING CCK DIRECTOR GENERAL * The CCK Board today appointed Mr. Francis Wamukota Wangusi as the Acting Director General of the Communications Commission of Kenya. This follows an order issued by the High Court on Wednesday 10th August instructing Mr. Charles J.K. Njoroge to cease acting as the Director General until the case challenging his re-appointment is heard and determined.**** The court order also indicated that if the CCK Board chose to replace Mr. Njoroge, then, the said replacement would be in an acting capacity until the matter was concluded.**** Mr. Wangusi was until his appointment the Director in charge of Special Projects and Broadcasting at the Commission. He has over twenty seven years of experience in the communications industry and has held other positions at the Commission including Director, Licensing Compliance and Standards, and head of the Secretariat for the Digital Transition Committee. Mr. Wangusi had earlier worked as a Senior Lecturer, at the Kenya College of Communications Technology (KCCT), now Multimedia University College of Kenya. **** Mr. Wangusi holds a Masters degree in Space Sciences with specialization in Satellite Communications from the International Space University, France; a BSc in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Rome, Italy and a Charted Engineer Part II Certificate from the Institute of Electronics Engineering, UK. **** ** ** ** ** Issued by:**** *Hon. Eng. Philip Okundi * *CCK BOARD CHAIRMAN* *Tel: 4242000* **** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** -- Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> Publisher +254 720 960 322 www.ratio-magazine.com Find/post East Africa careers<http://www.ratio-magazine.com/careers/index.php> Find/post conferences, workshops, trainings, other business events<http://www.ratio-magazine.com/businessevents/index.php>