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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Well earned and congras. This reminds me of the "dark old days" when owning a mobile phone without the authority from above was a criminal offence. Though we could still manage to get a few connected.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "godera@skyweb.co.ke" <godera@skyweb.co.ke><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> volunga@yahoo.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Madaraka Party <madaraka-kenya@yahoogroups.com>; NYCIV Group <nyciv@googlegroups.com>; PICTA Kenya-LIst <picta-kenya@yahoogroups.com>; ProgressiveMinds <ProgressiveMinds@yahoogroups.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, December 14, 2010 12:32:34 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010)<BR></FONT><BR><BR>Well earned Shem. Congratulations.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Gilda<BR>Quoting Shem Ochuodho <<A href="mailto:shemochuodho@yahoo.com"
ymailto="mailto:shemochuodho@yahoo.com">shemochuodho@yahoo.com</A>>:<BR><BR>> Madada Philo na Betty,<BR>> <BR>> Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO<BR>> (Commonwealth <BR>> Telecom Organization <A href="http://www.cto.int/" target=_blank>www.cto.int</A>) domiciled in London, with current CEO being<BR>> <BR>> Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could<BR>> remember <BR>> some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to <BR>> catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for <BR>> royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts<BR>> <BR>> could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people,<BR>> including <BR>> the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe -<BR>> now <BR>> with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN,
Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several<BR>> <BR>> nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible<BR>> phone <BR>> lines.<BR>> <BR>> In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science<BR>> Foundation <BR>> (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas<BR>> <BR>> Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone <BR>> bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps<BR>> pipe <BR>> - it wouldn't have happened.<BR>> <BR>> When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of<BR>> Internet <BR>> in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin <BR>> Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then<BR>> Governor, <BR>> Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special<BR>> Branch). <BR>>
Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have <BR>> allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then<BR>> Head <BR>> of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads<BR>> of <BR>> Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to<BR>> ARCC/Internet/UNEP <BR>> without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three<BR>> <BR>> Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I.<BR>> <BR>> Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the<BR>> family <BR>> bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying<BR>> late <BR>> in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more <BR>> teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory<BR>> must <BR>> always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the
One and Only!<BR>> <BR>> For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can <BR>> access it on: <BR>><BR>http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Best rgrds,<BR>> Shem<BR>> 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ________________________________<BR>> From: Philo Ikonya <<A href="mailto:philonikonya@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:philonikonya@yahoo.com">philonikonya@yahoo.com</A>><BR>> To: <A href="mailto:NVK-Mageuzi@yahoogroups.com" ymailto="mailto:NVK-Mageuzi@yahoogroups.com">NVK-Mageuzi@yahoogroups.com</A><BR>> Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39<BR>> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion –<BR>> December <BR>> 21-23rd, 2010<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> Adhiambo,<BR>> <BR>> thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You<BR>> did <BR>> not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\<BR>> <BR>> Philo<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because<BR>> <BR>> her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <<A href="mailto:betty.otieno@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:betty.otieno@gmail.com">betty.otieno@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> >From: Betty Otieno <<A href="mailto:betty.otieno@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:betty.otieno@gmail.com">betty.otieno@gmail.com</A>><BR>> >Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion
–<BR>> December <BR>> >21-23rd, 2010<BR>> >To: <A href="mailto:NVK-Mageuzi@yahoogroups.com" ymailto="mailto:NVK-Mageuzi@yahoogroups.com">NVK-Mageuzi@yahoogroups.com</A><BR>> >Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > <BR>> >Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer<BR>> internet <BR>> >related Kenya.<BR>> ><BR>> >Adhiambo<BR>> ><BR>> > <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------<BR>This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>kictanet mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A><BR>http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet<BR><BR>This message was sent to: <A
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