KARI BLACKBURN BOTO

That this House joins in the tributes to Kari Blackburn Boto whose life achievements to public service were wonderfully celebrated at St Mary le Strand in London in March 2009 on what would have been Kari's 55th birthday; expresses its great sadness at her untimely death; recognises with gratitude Kari's outstanding BBC career including as producer, Head of the Swahili Service, Head of the African Service, as executive editor of the African and Middle East region, and as international operations director of the World Service Trust; expresses thanks for Kari's unlimited commitment to her family, friends, colleagues, the BBC and Africa; delights in the support she and her family have given to Ogogoro Primary School in Liri, in northern Uganda; and urges the BBC World Service always to follow the highest standards set by people like Kari Blackburn Boto, and ensure that excellent, fearless and impartial broadcasting by the BBC is always available to all the peoples of Africa.