CA appoints legal services director Mercy Wanjau as acting Director General

Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has appointed legal services director Mercy Wanjau as acting director general replacing Francis Wangusi whose term expired on August 23, after serving for eight years.

Prior to her appointment to CA as legal services director, Ms Wanjau served as a consultant with Price Waterhouse Coopers and KPMG South Africa.

She also worked for International Telecommunications Union.

Mr Wangusi has been the boss of the telco sector regulator since 2012 when he took over from Charles Njoroge.

“There is no doubt Wangusi has made a mark in the sector and will remain an important footnote in the history of the ICT industry for a long time,” CA Board Chairman Ngene Gituku said.

He was re-appointed director general for a second four-year term in 2015.

The CA board on January 12, 2018 sent Mr Wangusi on a three-month compulsory leave arguing that they needed him out of the office to allow an independent audit on the regulator’s employment processes.

He moved to court shortly after his suspension and obtained an order reinstating him to the job pending determination of the suit.

After months of standoff, the CA in September last year ended the feud with Mr Wangusi after it signed an agreement not to interfere with his contract.