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

Tue Dec 14 18:11:13 EAT 2010

Just wondering, isn't it time we started recognizing our own in the IT fora,
instead of awaiting for the foreign
accolades. Apparently,- and I suppose I speak for many on the list, that
it's now when we seem to be getting
to know what those ahead of us have done. Let's be enlightened. Shem, let's
know when the book is out.

I for one, remember working somewhere and operating a 9.6kbps Link to MCI,
as an intern and it was a really
amazing connection.

Harry

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From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
Behalf Of Catherine Adeya
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 5:55 PM
To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: 'Madaraka Party'; 'NYCIV Group'; 'PICTA Kenya-LIst'; 'ProgressiveMinds';
'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was
Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion - December 21-23rd, 2010)

....Walu...so that is how old you are? Well around the same time I was back
in Kenya conducting fieldwork for my PhD studies and I kind of reached a
dead-end. Someone  suggested that I should meet one Shem Ochuodho as he was
definetly on the cutting edge of many issues to do with ICT4D. That meeting
was the turning point for my PhD...Shem you certainly deserve the honour due
to you. I dare add that the great things you did then were slightly
overshadowed when you took a plunge into politics.......but that is another
matter. This recognition  took a while but for what you did then....it is
well deserved.

Nyaki

--- On Tue, 12/14/10, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was
Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion - December 21-23rd, 2010)
To: elizaslider at yahoo.com
Cc: "'Madaraka Party'" <madaraka-kenya at yahoogroups.com>, "'NYCIV Group'"
<nyciv at googlegroups.com>, "'PICTA Kenya-LIst'"
<picta-kenya at yahoogroups.com>, "'ProgressiveMinds'"
<ProgressiveMinds at yahoogroups.com>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'"
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 2:35 PM

True,

...around the same time in '95, i was a young lecturer at the then
Strathmore College (oops, now you know am so old ;-) when Shem literally
came to show off  "the Internet" to the College students and staff.  That
afternoon,  the Library was converted into an auditorium and Shem had his
2hrs of fame - proudly beaming the graphical internet (through netscape) as
he browsed through sites in the US to over 200 curious student and faculty
community.

walu.

--- On Tue, 12/14/10, Harry Karanja <kairo at softlaw.co.ke> wrote:

From: Harry Karanja <kairo at softlaw.co.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was
Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion - December 21-23rd, 2010)
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "'Madaraka Party'" <madaraka-kenya at yahoogroups.com>, "'NYCIV Group'"
<nyciv at googlegroups.com>, "'PICTA Kenya-LIst'"
<picta-kenya at yahoogroups.com>, "'ProgressiveMinds'"
<ProgressiveMinds at yahoogroups.com>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'"
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 5:05 PM

Daktari, that's the name I came to know you by, courtesy of reading your
emails on the internet.

It was 1995, and my father had just signed up to your fledgling new ISP from
all the way in Njoro, Nakuru. We used the DOS interfaced email to keep in
touch with family abroad and would enjoy the daily snippets of news you'd
send. As one of three internet connections in the whole of Nakuru district,
we had all sorts of visitors coming to use the internet from my dad's
bedroom J

>From that introduction to the internet I've never looked back, and the
internet has become my source of livelihood. 

Thanks Daktari.

Harry Karanja n Director n SoftLaw Limited n Genius Executive Centre n 15th
Floor View Park Towers  n Utalii Lane n Nairobi CBD n Tel: +254 20 342 225 

From: kictanet-bounces+kairo=softlaw.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+kairo=softlaw.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf
Of Shem Ochuodho
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 12:05 PM
To: kairo at softlaw.co.ke
Cc: Madaraka Party; NYCIV Group; PICTA Kenya-LIst; ProgressiveMinds;
KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update
on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion - December 21-23rd, 2010)

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
<http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&st
ory=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world>
&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world.

Best rgrds,
Shem
2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient 

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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

 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Darwish> 

--- 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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