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O my goodness,<div><br></div><div>This is terrible news. Simbo, of all people?</div><div><br></div><div>I will miss him dearly.....</div><div><br></div><div>May the Lord rest his soul in peace.</div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div><div><br><div><html>On Jul 15, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Harry Hare wrote:</html><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">For those who knew Simbo Ntiro...very sad news indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p>�</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Harry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p>�</o:p></span></p> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> eThinkTankTz@yahoogroups.com [<a href="mailto:eThinkTankTz@yahoogroups.com">mailto:eThinkTankTz@yahoogroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Sawe<br> <b>Sent:</b> 14 July 2008 13:51<br> <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ethinktanktz@yahoogroups.com">ethinktanktz@yahoogroups.com</a>; <a href="mailto:SWOPnet@dgroups.org">SWOPnet@dgroups.org</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> [<a href="http://www.eThinkTankTz.org">www.eThinkTankTz.org</a>] Simbo Ntiro - Sad News<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>�</o:p></p> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg"> <div id="ygrp-msg"> <div id="ygrp-text"><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Dear colleagues,<br> <br> Today I am dreadfully sorry to have to share tragic information with you. <br> <br> This is that our brother Simbo Ntiro has suffered a terrible car crash in<br> the early hours of Sunday morning (13th July), and that he passed away at<br> the scene, here in Dar es Salaam.<br> <br> We have therefore lost a founding member of our online community and a very<br> energetic participant in national, regional and global efforts in the realm<br> of "ICT for Development". He was to turn only 47 years old next month, and<br> so may have been expected to have plenty more to contribute in many ways.<br> <br> It appears that for some undetermined reason, he lost control of his Honda<br> CRV on Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, just after passing the small feeder road out<br> of Leader's Club. This caused his car to mount the high pavement and it was<br> stopped by a tree that was hit sideways between the front wheel and the<br> driver's door. We were told that he died instantly of his injuries.<br> <br> I had spent some time with him during the evening before, and he had at the<br> time a very positive mindset brought on by a whole range of issues, one of<br> which was a family get-together due for Sunday afternoon, towards which he<br> had been shopping. And we also discussed a number of forthcoming<br> work-related events which we were preparing jointly.<br> <br> My deepest sympathies go to all among us who knew or interacted with him in<br> any way. Arrangements are being made to set up an online condolence book,<br> so that we may be able to express our sorrow and share our support and<br> memories with his family. I hope to be able to provide you a URL for this<br> before tomorrow.<br> <br> In terms of immediate family, Simbo leaves behind a two children (adolescent<br> and young-adult) who were living with him in Dar, and a wife (their mother)<br> who is due in from Nairobi today. He also has his mother and elder brother<br> who are due in from Kampala. Then he leaves a large extended family with<br> members in Tanzania as well as in Kenya and Uganda. Also grieving for him<br> is a vast network of friends scattered across all four corners of the globe,<br> including this online community.<br> <br> May our Almighty God bless Simbo's soul with eternal peace!<br> <br> Yours in grief,<br> David Sawe.<o:p></o:p></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white">__._,_.___</span> <o:p></o:p></p> <div id="ygrp-actbar"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="left"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eThinkTankTz/message/12679;_ylc=X3oDMTM2Y3Y1Y2VhBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyOTM4NTQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTEwMjY2BG1zZ0lkAzEyNjc5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTIxNjAzMjY0MAR0cGNJZAMxMjY3OQ--">Messages in this topic </a>(</span><span class="bld">1</span><span class="left">) </span><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eThinkTankTz/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxazdscGg5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyOTM4NTQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTEwMjY2BG1zZ0lkAzEyNjc5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTIxNjAzMjY0MA--?act=reply&messageNum=12679"><span class="bld">Reply </span>(via web post) </a>| <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eThinkTankTz/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlbmEzcnY3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyOTM4NTQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTEwMjY2BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTIxNjAzMjY0M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