Kenya’s Communications Authority (CA) has named Mercy Wanjau its interim director general, replacing Francis Wangusi whose second and final term ended on 21 August. Wanjau has been the director of legal services at CA and has also been serving as the board secretary. Wanjau shall in the interim be responsible for coordinating all day-to-day activities of the organization.

Wanjau is a commercial lawyer who has previously consulted with KPMG South Africa, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Kenya and served at the UN-International Telecommunications Union. She has been involved in designing and harmonizing polity and regulation in the ICT sector at the local, regional and international level for over fifteen years.

The Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) secretary-general had moved to court to stop recruitment of a new director-general at the agency, saying the board spearheading the process is in office illegally. The thirteen-member board has no powers to recruit a new director-general for a state entity, adding that the process should instead be steered by an independent recruiting body.

Source: Telecompaper.com