<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Ali,</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>You can take the man out of the village but you will never take the village out of the man</span></div><div> </div><div>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<br><br></div><div>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> <br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Cc:</span></b> "info@alyhussein.com" <info@alyhussein.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 27 February 2012, 14:22<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] The Sheng Question<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1845306641"><div><div>Robert</div><div><br></div><div>On a light note....when you talk about your kids improving their maths by using <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://KhanAcademy.com">KhanAcademy.com</a> wewe ni Mbabi,..(even if you are in denial) :)</div><div><br></div><div>Seriously though, all this talk about Konza etc will be to naught if we:-</div><div>1. improve our education System</div><div>2. Make connectivity as universal as possible</div><div>3. And start behaving like WAUNGWANA</div><div><br></div><div>Regards <br><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div>Managing
Partner</div><div>Telemedia Africa</div><div>Azania Technology Group </div><div>+254 773/713 601113</div><div><br></div><div>"You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.". <span class="yiv1845306641Apple-style-span" style="">- E. St. Elmo Lewis, member, Advertising Hall of Fame</span></div></div><div><br>On Feb 27, 2012, at 2:02 PM, robert yawe <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span>Hi All,</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; "><span>I believe that if we are serious about turning sheng into a formal language then we need a site like </span><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squick" target="_blank" href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squick">http://www.urbandictionary.com/</a> if we are to harmonise across the country or region.</div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div><font size="2">As I keep repeating, annoyingly, I grew up in eastlands (mimi sio mbabi) and one thing I know is that sheng is
not homogeneous beyond 100 meters of where you are standing.</font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Regards</div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<br><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br><span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank"
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