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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">A row is simmering in the </span><a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=Ministry%20of%20Information,%20Communication%20and%20Technology&searchbutton=SEARCH" style="color: rgb(16, 114, 186); text-decoration: none; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology</a><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> over a law that gives the Cabinet secretary power to make unilateral appointment.</span><div><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Executive Order No. 2 of 2013 by President </span><a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=Uhuru%20Kenyatta&searchbutton=SEARCH" style="color: rgb(16, 114, 186); text-decoration: none; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Uhuru Kenyatta</a><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> on the reorganisation of government that establishes the Information and Communications Technology Authority (</span><a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=ICT&searchbutton=SEARCH" style="color: rgb(16, 114, 186); text-decoration: none; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> ICT</a><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">A) gives the </span><a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=ICT&searchbutton=SEARCH" style="color: rgb(16, 114, 186); text-decoration: none; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">ICT</a><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Cabinet Secretary power to appoint the CEO of the authority without involving the board.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000092541&story_title=row-simmers-over-order-on-new-icta-leadership" target="_blank">http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000092541&story_title=row-simmers-over-order-on-new-icta-leadership</a></div> </div></body>
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