Commercial Court Division to his Ugandan counter part Hon. John Nasasira Minister of Works, Transport and Communications also introducing Gemtel to Uganda and UTL. Exhibit D.3 raised important requests by GOSS. It reads in part “… Southern Sudan is in the process of procuring an assignment of a telecommunications country code from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), in the meantime however, Gemtel is ready to launch services but lacks a country code …” The letter further reads “… Uganda Telecom has expressed its willingness to allow Gemtel network to interconnect with the Uganda Telecom network to allow the flow of traffic routed to and from the Gemtel network. This interconnection is only possible if we are allowed to use the Uganda Country Code (+256). In the interest of the development of the region and assisting the Southern Sudanese people, in accessing telecommunication services we would like to request you to authorize the appropriate authorities to allow Gemtel to use the Uganda country code (+256) in the interim …” In response to this letter Hon. John Nasasira on the 26th April, 2006 (Exh. D. 4) wrote to The Director of Transport and Communications and the Executive Director Uganda Communications Commission seeking technical advice to enable him to take up the issues. On the 10th May, 2006 (Exh. D. 5) Hon. John Nasasira wrote to his GOSS colleague and wrote “… Uganda Telecom Ltd and indeed all Uganda operators can provide services to Southern Sudan either by extending their network coverage to the area or by using the Gemtel network, as long as the Government HCT - 00 - CC - CS- 297- 2008 /5