Wednesday, 6 October Kenya sector, but has also been applied by Government to avail fast and efficient public services across the country in areas of education, health, and govern-ance, technologies worldwide. Kenya wishes to play a role in making this happen. It is with this commitment that Kenya is seeking re-election to the Council to represent Region D. Kenya has also offered one of our renowned radio engineers, Mr. Stanley Kibe, for election to the Radio Regulations Board. We will be counting on your support at the elections next week to enhance our capacity to continue serving the Union for greater prosperity. among others. Even with these strides in development, Kenya still requires greater investments in ICTs to reach all parts of the country, some of which are regarded unprofitable by private service providers. We are in the final stages of preparing to operationalize our Universal Service Obligation strategies so as to en-sure Finally, Mr. Chairman, I wish to take this opportu-nity to wish you all the best in your role as we look all Kenyan enjoy affordable and reliable com-munications forward confidently to a successful Plenipotentiary conference here in Guadalajara, Mexico. services regardless of where they live and do business. Thank you all for your attention. Mr. Chairman, your excellencies heads of delegation, dear participants, Kenya has been a consistent and committed play-er within the ITU over the years. Kenya has been a member of the ITU Council since 1982 when it was elected to the organ after hosting a successful Plenipotentiary Conference in Nairobi. We believe we have played our rightful role in the affairs of the Union, including having been privileged by the ITU membership to chair the Council in 2003. Kenya is desirous to continuing to work with other member countries to make this union significantly address the emerging needs of nations in the quest of narrowing if not eliminating the digital divide that continues to marginalize developing world. We believe the Union should no only assist countries bridge this divide but should also act the foremost reference point for the modernization of commu-nications 107