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

Wed Jul 20 14:26:50 EAT 2011

Thanks Gathuri, its truly an open world :-)

On 7/20/11, gathuri njorohio <gathuri_njorohio at yahoo.com> wrote:
> hi
> Look at the attachment and will see how ITU has assigned the codes.
> The information is from the internet www.wtng.info/wtng
>
> --- On Tue, 7/19/11, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Does Anyone Know If "254" Had a Meaning? (Was ITU:
> Country Code 211 Officially Assigned to South Sudan)
> To: gathuri_njorohio at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 9:38 PM
>
> 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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>> International Telecommunication Union Youth Forum Fellow
>> KAAD Scholar
>> Certified Pasha Manager
>> Founder & Chair Model-I.T.U Youth Org
>> Email:michael.asudi at gmail.com <Email%3Amichael.asudi at gmail.com>
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