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

[Barrack Otieno]

Dr. Ochuodho,

254 sounds cool, I guess its just a primary key to different nations,
ITU being a global body is operated by resolutions agreed upon by
members, just like ISO, WTO, lobbying and negotiations are a key
component, considering the fact that we had East African Posts and
Telecommunications when we got the code , it would be interesting to
know how the decision was arrived at, as for the CCTLD, institutional
mechanisms are well defined by ICANN and with increased involvement in
ICANNs activities and support from bodies such as AFTLD .ss should be
a reality sooner than we can imagine, well done though..

On 7/20/11, samuel ochanji <sochanji at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dr Ochuodho,
>
> Thanks for updating us on the events up North in Juba. Talking about the
> ccTLD, a lot of noise has been generated, as we inevitably expected, about
> South Sudan applying for .SS which has negative connotations to the
> notorious Nazi era SS(Schutzstaffel) in Europe. I understand, from comments
> made by Eng. Lugga to the press, that S. Sudan has already applied for .SS.
> Is there a "clause" in ISO rules or IANA that might prevent them from
> awarding .SS South Sudan perhaps based on "public interest" or any other
> excuse or are we likely to see .ss domains soon? Kindly clarify of us.
>
> Best wishes as you help build this new and promising nation!
> Rgds
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho at yahoo.com>
> To: sochanji at yahoo.com
> Cc: Madaraka Party <madaraka-kenya at yahoogroups.com>; NVK-Mageuzi Juba-Caucus
> <NVK-M-Juba-Caucus at yahoogroups.com>; "g47-kenya at yahoogroups.com"
> <g47-kenya at yahoogroups.com>; ProgressiveMinds
> <progressiveminds at yahoogroups.com>; NVK Youth <nvk-youth at yahoogroups.com>;
> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 11:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Does Anyone Know If "254" Had a Meaning? (Was ITU:
> Country Code 211 Officially Assigned to South Sudan)
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> 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!
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Stay well bro, and God be with the Republic of South Sudan
>>
>>Silas
>>
>>
>>
>>--- 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Fyi!
>>>
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>
>
>
> --
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