Congratulations Alice. Sorry I saw this late as I am still out of the country. I am delighted that the government has seen the importance of multi-stakeholder governance for ICT and that Alice will carry the mantle on behalf of the CS in this regard. It's a big honour and a big task. Best wishes! Waudo UN WGIG On Thu, 12 May 2005 18:10:17 +0300, alice@apc.org said:

Dear All

Thank you very much for the congratulatory messages. Although I have not received official confirmation, apart from a phone call from the Ministry's office I believe this appointment is in recognition of the work of the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET) a multi stakeholder forum, consisting of civil society, academia, private sector, media, youth, gender groups and development partners.

I must also congratulate the Kenya government for acknowledging that the complexities of meeting the challenges of ICTs as an enabler of sustainable development requires bringing together major stakeholders in a new form of decision finding, decision-making and communication. I hope this will provide an opportunity for a truly participatory process.

A. Wanjira Munyua National Coordinator, Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa (CATIA) Association for Progressive Communications (APC) alice@apc.org http://www.apc.org http://www.catia.ws

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Alice,

Please accept my warm congrats.

Shem, ARCC

-----Original Message----- From: bounce-kiplist-cl-114484@lyris.idrc.ca [mailto:bounce-kiplist-cl-114484@lyris.idrc.ca]On Behalf Of Joseph Mucheru Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 8:18 PM To: KIPlist Subject: Appointment of New CCK Board

For those who may not have heard yet, the Government today appointed a new board at CCK, while at the same time reshuffling various positions in the industry:

TESPOK is pleased to see a new board in place as this will allow for the resumption of industry activities. The role change the Government has made between the regulator and the incumbent is an interesting twist to the "CCK-saga".

It is our view that this could result in a much speedier decision making process and understanding of the sector as a whole from both arms of the government.

The appointment of members from the civil society, to the board also signals the government willingness to listening to the sector. As regards the independence of the board and the CCK as a whole, we have assurance from the government that this will be maintained and therefore can only wait to see the outcome.

The changes and appointments are as follows;

POSTAL CORPORATION CHAIRMAN: - GENERAL (RTD) PETER KARIUKI - FORMER CCK CHAIRMAN

TELKOM KENYA: MANAGING DIRECTOR - SAMMY KIRUI - FORMER CCK DG

CCK - DIRECTOR GENERAL - ENG JOHN WAWERU - FORMER TKL MD

DIRECTORS: - CHARLES OGALO - YUSUF CHANZU - JOHN MUSENGI - WILLIAM KAMOTI - ALICE MUNYUA

-- Joseph Mucheru Chairman Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) 14th Floor, Bruce House - Standard Street P O Box 27589 -00506 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254-20-245036 Cell: +254-722522135 Http://www.tespok.co.ke

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