Kenya re-elected to International Telecommunication Union Council

Kenya has been re-elected to the Council of the International Telecommunication Union , the United Nations specialized agency for Information and Communication Technologies.

Communications Authority of Kenya’s (CA) Director General Ezra Chiloba said Kenya garnered 146 votes, the highest in the African region to secure a seat on the 48-member Council.

Africa has 13 positions on the 48-member council that governs International Telecommunication Union activities in the interval between Plenipotentiary Conferences.

Kenya was re-elected to the council during the ongoing ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Bucharest, Romania.

The role of ITU is to consider broad telecommunication policy issues to ensure that the Union’s activities, policies, and strategies respond to the dynamic, rapidly changing telecommunications environment.

Other African countries elected to the Council include Ghana, Egypt, Tanzania, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Nigeria, Tunisia, Mauritius, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Africa.