[kictanet] As we celebrate International Women's Day

[Ali Hussein]

Grace

Can't agree more. For me I'd call out the age old Swahili Clarion Call:-

WANAWAKE HOYEE!!!

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On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 8:54 AM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers,
> Looking at the KICTANet community over the years, there are many great
> women who have made contributions to ICT policy development in Kenya and
> beyond. From the founding convenor Alice Muyua and Florence Etta who helped
> nurture the baby, through visionaries like Njeri Rionge (early
> entrepreneur) , Catherine Adeya (former Konza boss), Warigia Bowman (among
> the early academics ), Mwende Njiraini (teacher to many here and Manager
> Type Approval at CA) and Judy Okite who in the early years of the community
> spoke FOSS, beside her work on accessibility.
>
> And there are many more that have contributed and continue to serve the
> community - Grace Githaiga our convenor and mentor to many, Rachel Alwala
> our resident public participation liaison (thank you for always coming out
> to answer queries to CA), Jane the digital tv practitioner, Steph Muchai
> the gracious human rights advocate, Ebele Okobi and the Facebook team who
> have engaged KICTANet to the point of becoming part of us and many newbies
> who have brought so much vigour to this community- Juliet Nanfuka, Rosemary
> Chemu, Nanjira, Kanini Mutemi,June Okal just to mention but a few.
>
> As I was going through the archives, one of the contributions to the list
> that struck me was tribute to the late Eng. Atieno Ochola (Tieni). In the
> thread, (July 2012), her colleagues mourn her as an industrious public
> servant who was key to the TEAMS project. I quote Dr. Ndemo who says,
>
> "At the Ministry we are mourning our departed sister Tieni. As a lead
> engineer in all our discussions with our partners in the UAE during the
> conception and building of TEAMs,she was the pillar that we all leaned on.
>  Most people may not know that she spent many sleepless nights trying to
> beat the deadlines that led to the record time of laying the TEAMs Cable."
>
>
> The full thread can be found starting here
> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/2012-July/017336.html>.
>
> I am sure there are many other women in the space who I have missed. And
> many silent ones who have impacted members here in one way or another.
> These women inspire us. Let's celebrate them!
>
> ​Happy Women's Day!
>
> --
> Grace Mutung'u
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