[kictanet] Does Anyone Know If "254" Had a Meaning? (Was ITU: Country Code 211 Officially Assigned to South Sudan)

Tue Jul 19 23:58:43 EAT 2011

Friends,

Sincere thanks for the compliments. However, there wasn't really any magic: we simply happened to be in the right places at the right time. Thanks to history!

Nonetheless, for those of us who might not have been there at the time Kenya acquired its code: could there be any in our midst who knows "why 254"? I know it is NOT the prerogative of a country to choose a code. But in the same vein, I am aware it is not prohibited for countries to request. Word has it "292" had been earmarked for us (after Eritrea - "291")!

On receiving this information, a Ugandan friend remarked: "You mean such 'pretty' numbers existed ........ better TZ's '255'"! No wonder US/North America 'picked' "1", and Great Britain "44"! Can someone enlighten me why "254"?

Thanks too to those inquiring about the ccTLD (Internet Domain). I can only say: "Coming Soon". Numerous steps to go through, but nearly there.

Best rgrds,
Shem   

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From: Michael A. Asudi <michael.asudi at gmail.com>
To: NVK-Mageuzi at yahoogroups.com
Cc: g47-kenya at yahoogroups.com; Madaraka Party <madaraka-kenya at yahoogroups.com>; ProgressiveMinds <progressiveminds at yahoogroups.com>; NVK-Mageuzi Juba-Caucus <NVK-M-Juba-Caucus at yahoogroups.com>; NVK Youth <nvk-youth at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 20:52
Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Re: [g47-kenya] Congratulations Dr. Shem (Was ITU: Country Code 211 Officially Assigned to South Sudan)

Great work 
Now S. Sudan joins the global world 
Keep up Doc

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Silas Owiti Mudekhere <mudekhere at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  
>Dr. Ochuodho,
>
>Congratulations are perfectly in order! Last evening, while attending to one of my "Juakalis" I got that info and was very delighted. What thrills me is the sacrifice some of you visioners have made to make some of these things work. As important as the symbolism of the code numbers assigned are, I am alive to the tribulations that the technical people and the kind of capacity building processes required to make this a reality. I am yet to see an Engineer and IT geek that is so committed, yet humble to work behind the scenes in difficult conditions to achieve results timely as you have! Congratulations again my senior for guiding this process! I do not want to believe that you did all this simply because they are your Luo brothers :)...As the commentator said, the code issue may look like a small things but to me as a communications facilitator, I very well understand what it takes/means to be shut out of Gateway-God forbid if such a thing was to
 happen. Anyhow, my understanding is that in about a month we should be able to permanently divorced from the 249!
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>That gets me to wonder, how do we as Kenyans, recognize our heros? For me, this is a case I want to put to the NVK-M (at least the Juba Caucus) for consideration.
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>Stay well bro, and God be with the Republic of South Sudan
>
>Silas
>
>
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>--- On Tue, 7/19/11, Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>From: Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho at yahoo.com>
>>Subject: [g47-kenya] Fw: ITU: Country Code 211 Officially Assigned to South Sudan
>>To: "NVK-Mageuzi Members List" <nvk-mageuzi at yahoogroups.com>
>>Cc: "Madaraka Party"
 <madaraka-kenya at yahoogroups.com>, "ProgressiveMinds" <progressiveminds at yahoogroups.com>, "NVK-Mageuzi Juba-Caucus" <NVK-M-Juba-Caucus at yahoogroups.com>, "NVK Youth" <nvk-youth at yahoogroups.com>, "G-47 Kenya" <g47-kenya at yahoogroups.com>
>>Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 8:17 AM
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>>  
>>Fyi!
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>> 
>>Shem J. Ochuodho, MSc (Eng), PhD, LLD (Hon)
>>Senior Advisor
>>Ministry of Telecom & Postal Services
>>Government of South Sudan (GoSS), Juba
>>Commonwealth Telecom Organization (CTO/GoSS) 2010 African Internaut Award Recipient 
>>Kenya Community Abroad (KCA) 2007 Excellence Award Winner
>>AfricaOnline 2005 Industry Pioneer Award Recipient
>>Father of Internet in Kenya (Computer Society of Kenya - CSK 2000)
>>Cell: +249-955-021-040/+256-477-232025/+254-725-016679
>>Skype:
 shem.ochuodho
>>
>> 

-- 
Michael Asudi
International Telecommunication Union Youth Forum Fellow
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