Thanks MM.  In many senses your email and the link in reference to an objective view of the issue, open up space for fresh discussions  about which media can really lay claim to being part of the fourth estate.     I feel BD has legitimate claim to that for their objectivity and  independence. <div>
<br></div><div>And I really hope such deliberations can feed into discussions that try to define what &quot;independent&quot; really means - such that &quot;independent&quot; excludes the ability to pander to certain interests and not any licence that amounts to impartial treatment of issues.<div>
<br></div><div><br><div><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 April 2011 08:23, muriuki mureithi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke">mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Walu </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">It’s actually resurrected and is now  turning up for  constitutional interpretation at the supreme court</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Read on ---</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/CCK+director+appointment+row+goes+to+court/-/539550/1146974/-/9r63o8z/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/CCK+director+appointment+row+goes+to+court/-/539550/1146974/-/9r63o8z/-/index.html</a> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">this will be  precedent setting  not just for CCK but for all boards . it will remove doubt on the construct of the Independent CCK  that is coming up ---</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">cheers </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Muriuki Mureithi </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Consultant Member </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Society of Telecommunications Consultants </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Pristina;color:red">what chance gathers , she easily scatters !! Johann  Wolfgang von Goethe</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> kictanet-bounces+mureithi=<a href="http://summitstrategies.co.ke" target="_blank">summitstrategies.co.ke</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bmureithi" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+mureithi</a>=<a href="http://summitstrategies.co.ke" target="_blank">summitstrategies.co.ke</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Walubengo J<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 20 April 2011 08:01<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke" target="_blank">mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke</a><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Poghisio Flouting The Law in The CCK Tussle-by DMakali</span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span>It seems this saga refuses to die...</span><br>
<span>~~~</span><br><span>The Star</span><br><span>Tuesday, 19 April 2011 00:04 </span><span>BY DAVID MAKALI </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p>A little over a week ago, Information and Communications minister Samuel Poghisio called a press conference to announce that he had revoked the suspension of the director general of the Communications Commission of Kenya.“For the avoidance of doubt, I wish to state that Charles Njoroge remains in office and that as the appointing authority I will proceed to renew his contract in line with the law,” he stated.</p>
<p> </p><p>The minister’s intervention may have seemed timely and proper. Given the infighting that had become the order of the day at the CCK between the board of directors (or some) and the director-general, some form of external intervention was necessary to establish order.</p>
<p>However, questions still linger over what exactly the minister did, if it was legal, and if it is in the interest of the general telecommunications sector and the public in general. At the time of this writing, his re-appointment or otherwise had not been gazetted.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>more @<br><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3cddk4h" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/3cddk4h</a></b><br><br>walu.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
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