<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><font face="Century Gothic"><b>PRESS
RELEASE</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><font face="Century Gothic"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><font face="Century Gothic"><b>Tuesday,
May 24, 2011: </b></font>
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</div><div style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><font face="Century Gothic"><b>Preparing
for UN conference in Nairobi, consultations in Geneva, Switzerland
identify mobile Internet as key Internet governance issue.</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Century Gothic">18
– 19 May, Geneva, Switzerland, Alice Munyua, Chair of the Kenya
Internet Governance (IG) Steering Committee chaired the second
preparatory consultations of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). </font></font>
</div><div style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Century Gothic">The
consultations finalized the programme and agenda of the 6</font></font><font color="#000000"><sup><font face="Century Gothic">th</font></sup></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Century Gothic">
UN-IGF, which will be held in Nairobi, </font></font><font face="Century Gothic">27
– 30 September 2011. Participants from around the world </font><font color="#000000"><font face="Century Gothic">met
in Geneva with the aim of maximizing the opportunity for the IGF to
enable open and inclusive dialogue, and to create opportunities to
share good practices and experiences.</font></font></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><font color="#000000"><font face="Century Gothic">The
main theme for the 2011 IGF is </font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Century Gothic"><b>“The
Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and
innovation”</b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Century Gothic">.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Century Gothic">The
UN IGF is a unique event in the United Nations calendar and the IGF
programme is developed through an open, multi-stakeholder process
that began earlier this year and is overseen by a "Multi-stakeholder
Advisory Group" of experts appointed by the UN Secretary General
to advise him on convening the Forum. Kenya will host the 2011 sixth
IGF and has chaired the consultation process as well.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"> <font face="Century Gothic">Those
present in Geneva agreed the</font></font><font face="Century Gothic">
key emerging issue for the Nairobi meeting will be extensive dialogue
and discussion about the mobile internet, technology, and its
contribution to development. The main question addressed will be "Is
governance for the mobile internet different from wired internet and
how should Internet policy and regulations be developed and applied
for both?”.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Century Gothic">The 2011
IGF will improve understanding of the policy and governance choices
and opportunities in the mobile Internet space that will foster
innovation, skills building, entrepreneurship and maximizing the use
of the Internet for socio-economic, cultural and political
development.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Century Gothic">With more
than 4 million Kenyans accessing internet through their mobile
phones, this year's IGF will provide an important forum </font><font color="#000000"><font face="Century Gothic">for
discussion and consideration of these issues and how they affect
people in developing regions of the world, while also relating them
to global governance of the internet.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Century Gothic">Over
the four days of the IGF in Nairobi there will be main sessions
discussing issues such as broadband and mobile access, the resources
critical to the stable and secure operation of the internet,
cybersecurity, privacy and internet rights, and youth and
entrepreneurship. In addition, over 90 workshops and side events will
be held covering a broad range of internet policy and technology
issues, with each event organized by a global, multi-stakeholder team
of experts.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Century Gothic">During the
consultations, the Secretary of the Kenya IG steering committee,
Michael Katundu of the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK)
introduced the activities Kenya is taking to prepare for the UN-IGF
and also launched the host country website (</font><font color="#0000ff"><u><a href="http://www.igf.or.ke/"><font face="Century Gothic">www.igf.or.ke</font></a></u></font><font face="Century Gothic">)</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Century Gothic">The Kenya
IG steering committee also showcased the country's development in the
ICT sector through various presentations as well as a video interview
with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of information and
Communication, Dr. Bitange Ndemo, who used the opportunity to welcome
all IGF delegates on behalf of the Government of Kenya.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Century Gothic">The 6</font><sup><font face="Century Gothic">th</font></sup><font face="Century Gothic">
IGF will take place at the United Nations Office at Nairobi in Gigiri
from 27 – 30 September 2011.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Century Gothic">For more
information about the upcoming 2011 IGF please visit </font><font color="#0000ff"><u><a href="http://www.igf.or.ke/"><font face="Century Gothic">www.igf.or.ke</font></a></u></font><font face="Century Gothic">
and </font><font color="#0000ff"><u><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/"><font face="Century Gothic">http://www.intgovforum.org</font></a></u></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
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