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<p class="newstype" style="margin-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: url(http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/image/view/-/539614/data/85/-/10r7mmuz/-/ico_file.png); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; background-position: 0px 2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">IN SUMMARY</p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; "><ul style="font-size: 11px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Francis Wangusi, the director-general of the CCK, Tuesday told the <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ">Business Daily</em> that the board will meet on Thursday to agree on whether to lower the Mobile Termination Rate (MTR) to Sh1.44 or Sh1.60.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">President Kibaki issued a fresh directive in August through his private secretary, Prof Nick Wanjohi, that the Ministry of Information should not implement the MTR before a new study on the same is conducted.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">CCK had contracted Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research Analysis to conduct a study on the impact of a lower MTR on the economy and the operator’s finances.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Mr Wangusi: "KIPPRA indicates that lower rates will significantly contribute positively to the general economy".</li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/CCK+defies+Kibaki+on+mobile+tariff+cut/-/539550/1517468/-/2kglmtz/-/index.html">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/CCK+defies+Kibaki+on+mobile+tariff+cut/-/539550/1517468/-/2kglmtz/-/index.html</a>
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