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<p class=MsoNormal>Listers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u><span style='font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'>KENYAN WINS TOP UN POSITION<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A
Kenyan was today elected Director General of the Universal Postal Union, a United
Nations body responsible for the development of postal business in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Amb.
Bishir Hussein becomes the highest placed Kenyan in the UN system. He is the
first Kenyan to head a United Nations body. He will serve for a period of four
years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In
an election held in Doha, Qatar, Amb. Hussein beat his sole challenger for the
post, Dr. Serrena Bassini Casco, from Uruguay, by 87 votes to her 72 to claim
the coveted post. The position of Deputy Director General went to Mr.
Pascal-Thierry Clivers of Switzerland, who beat Mr. Denis Delehanty of the
United States of America.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Amb.
Hussein is a former Postmaster General of the Postal Corporation of Kenya. He
has also served as Kenya’s ambassador to Abu Dhabi. Before his election
today, Amb. Hussein had been serving as chairman of the Council of
Administration of the UPU. He was elected to the post in 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Kenya’s
high powered delegation to the 25<sup>th</sup> UPU Congress that culminated
into the election was led by Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka. It included
Information and Communications Minister Samuel Poghisio, CCK Chairman, Mr. Ben
Gituku, CCK Director General, Mr. Francis Wangusi, Postal Corporation of Kenya
Chairman Cyrus Maina and PCK Postmaster General, Dr. Enock Kinara, among
others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>At
the same time Kenya was also elected to serve in the Postal Operations Council
of the UPU for a period of four years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Christopher
Wambua<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Manager/Communications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Consumer
and Public Affairs Division <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Communications
Commission of Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>P.O.
Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>KENYA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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