[kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010)

[Njeri Rionge]

Congratulations as always....well done! Aspiration is a great gift keep it
up.

It seems to me you forgot Ben Parker remember him or did he come match after
.... he and Paul Olendo were also instrumental in the set up of the Wananchi
network... yes many years after yours...i am reminded of my first internet
interaction at the IBM back office in Arlington Texas in 1991 at the
security office. Don't ask what i was doing....:-)

Internet continues to take us to places we would never have dreamed
off...God Bless!

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:04, Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Madada Philo na Betty,
>
> Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO
> (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with
> current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow
> Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on
> a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa -
> perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube,
> SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs
> of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush
> burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul
> Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all
> work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines.
>
> In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science
> Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of
> UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial
> leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for
> just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened.
>
> When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of
> Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr
> Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem
> (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS
> aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of
> the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try
> to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a
> souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning
> them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his
> office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps
> deserve these awards more than I.
>
> Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the
> family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by
> staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be
> given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all
> the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only!
>
> For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can
> access it on:
> http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world
> .
>
> Best rgrds,
> Shem
> 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Philo Ikonya <philonikonya at yahoo.com>
> *To:* NVK-Mageuzi at yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39
> *Subject:* Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion –
> December 21-23rd, 2010
>
>
>
> Adhiambo,
>
> thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You
> did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\
>
> Philo
> **
>
>  Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and
> because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav
> Havel
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> --- On *Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <betty.otieno at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Betty Otieno <betty.otieno at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion –
> December 21-23rd, 2010
> To: NVK-Mageuzi at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM
>
>
>
> Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer
> internet related Kenya.
>
> Adhiambo
>
>
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