<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Evans,<br></span></div><div><br></div><div>+1</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">walu.<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Evans Ikua <ikua.evans@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 14,
2012 9:19 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] maddog blogs about his experience celebrating software in Kenya<br> </font> </div> <br>
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Into Africa: A visit to Kenya on Software Freedom Day, 2012 </h1><div>The first thing you notice about Kenya is that everyone wants to know
your name. When you first meet a person from Kenya you ask their name,
and you tell them your name. You shake their hand and ask them how they
are doing. You ask about their family, and they ask about your family.
Then they smile.</div>
I was in Kenya at the invitation of Evans Ikua, the coordinator for <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lpi-eastafrica.org/">LPI in East Africa</a>. I had met Evans several times due to FOSSFA (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.fossfa.net/">Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa</a>) meetings, and meetings of <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ict@innovation" target="_blank" href="mailto:ict@innovation">ict@innovation</a>,
a capacity building program funded mostly by the Government of Germany.
Evans was coordinating Software Freedom Day (SFD) in Kenya, and wanted
me as a speaker. Evans was also the Chairman of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lpakenya.org/">Linux Professional Association of Kenya</a>.
To sweeten the invitation, he promised to take me to a national
wildlife preserve to watch the wildebeest (also known as GNU) migration.<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lpi.org/blog/africa-visit-kenya-software-freedom-day-2012">Please read more in his blog here</a><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br><b>----------------------------------------------------<br>Kind Regards,<br>Evans Ikua,</b><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://lanetconsulting.com/">lanetconsulting.com</a>,<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://lpi-eastafrica.org/">lpi-eastafrica.org</a>,<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ict-innovation.fossfa.net/">ict-innovation.fossfa.net</a>,<br>Skype: @ikuae<br>Cell: +254-722-955831<br><br>
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