FYI. <br><br>Happy weekend,<br>Andrea <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Hazel Kirigo Kingori</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kingori@cck.go.ke">kingori@cck.go.ke</a>></span><br>
Date: 12 August 2011 14:43<br>Subject: APPOINTMENT OF ACTING CCK DIRECTOR GENERAL<br>To: <br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">12<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">RE: APPOINTMENT OF ACTING CCK DIRECTOR GENERAL <span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><u></u><u></u></span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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 10<sup>th</sup> 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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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.
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