[kictanet] As we celebrate International Women's Day

[Barrack Otieno]

Happy International Womens day Grace and all ladies that are part and
parcel of this great community.

Regards

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:01 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Grace
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> Can't agree more. For me I'd call out the age old Swahili Clarion Call:-
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> WANAWAKE HOYEE!!!
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> Regards
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> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 8:54 AM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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,
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>> "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."
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>> The full thread can be found starting here
>> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/2012-July/017336.html>.
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>> 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!
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>> ​Happy Women's Day!
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>> Grace Mutung'u
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