Kenya Retains ITU Council Membership

Kenya received 146 votes, the most in the African continent, to win a place on the Council's 48 members.

Kenya was re-elected to the Council of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) during the 2022 Plenipotential Conference held in Bucharest, Romania.

The UN’s specialized agency for ICT issues is the ITU, which was established in 1865.

Kenya received 146 votes, the most in the African continent, to win a place on the Council’s 48 members.

Ghana, Egypt, Tanzania, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Nigeria, Tunisia, Mauritius, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Africa are additional African nations that were elected to the Council.

Kenya had performed better than ever before since joining the Council in 1982.

The results demonstrate that Kenya continues to enjoy the trust and confidence of the international community to provide meaningful leadership in the advancement of the digital economy.

It is also an inspiration for the country to deliver dividends of digital transformation to every citizen in the country.

The well-coordinated campaign was spearheaded by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Information, Communication & Digital Economy.