Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010)
Madada Philo na Betty, Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines. In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened. When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I. Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only! For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world. Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient ________________________________ From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 Adhiambo, thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\ Philo Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM
Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya.
Adhiambo
Congats Shem! I remember those early days when I first logged into the net in 1995 and read a storybook. You guys did great! Looking fwd to your book. Waudo On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:04 +0800, "Shem Ochuodho" <[email protected]> wrote: Madada Philo na Betty, Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization [1]www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines. In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened. When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I. Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only! For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on: [2]http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=20000244 40&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20t o%20world. Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient ____________________________________________________________ From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 Adhiambo, thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\ Philo Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote: From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya. Adhiambo _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman /options/kictanet/emailsignet%40mailcan.com References Visible links 1. http://www.cto.int/ 2. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world Hidden links: 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Darwish
Congratulations as always....well done! Aspiration is a great gift keep it up. It seems to me you forgot Ben Parker remember him or did he come match after .... he and Paul Olendo were also instrumental in the set up of the Wananchi network... yes many years after yours...i am reminded of my first internet interaction at the IBM back office in Arlington Texas in 1991 at the security office. Don't ask what i was doing....:-) Internet continues to take us to places we would never have dreamed off...God Bless! On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:04, Shem Ochuodho <[email protected]> wrote:
Madada Philo na Betty,
Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines.
In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened.
When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I.
Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only!
For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world .
Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient
------------------------------ *From:* Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] *Sent:* Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 *Subject:* Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010
Adhiambo,
thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\
Philo **
Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel
*
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Darwish>
* **
--- On *Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]>* wrote:
From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM
Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya.
Adhiambo
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Congrats, Shem, You have indeed given the story I had tried un-succesfully to extract from you 3mnths ago ;-) regards, walu. --- On Sun, 12/12/10, Njeri Rionge <[email protected]> wrote: From: Njeri Rionge <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) To: [email protected] Cc: "Madaraka Party" <[email protected]>, "NYCIV Group" <[email protected]>, "PICTA Kenya-LIst" <[email protected]>, "ProgressiveMinds" <[email protected]>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 1:32 PM Congratulations as always....well done! Aspiration is a great gift keep it up. It seems to me you forgot Ben Parker remember him or did he come match after .... he and Paul Olendo were also instrumental in the set up of the Wananchi network... yes many years after yours...i am reminded of my first internet interaction at the IBM back office in Arlington Texas in 1991 at the security office. Don't ask what i was doing....:-) Internet continues to take us to places we would never have dreamed off...God Bless! On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:04, Shem Ochuodho <[email protected]> wrote: Madada Philo na Betty, Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines. In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened. When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I. Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only! For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world. Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 Adhiambo, thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\ Philo Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote: From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya. 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When we see each other and love each other as one in Him, the power of God can move mightily through each one, for each one has His Spirit and His anointing. The world will know of Him by our love for one another. The nameless and faceless servants of the Most High God will be used in greater ways for the greater days ahead. ========================================== -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com
Congrants Shem i still remember the days very well connecting the dots throughout the day and night. Sam --- On Sun, 12/12/10, Shem Ochuodho <[email protected]> wrote: From: Shem Ochuodho <[email protected]> Subject: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) To: [email protected] Cc: "Madaraka Party" <[email protected]>, "NYCIV Group" <[email protected]>, "PICTA Kenya-LIst" <[email protected]>, "ProgressiveMinds" <[email protected]>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 1:04 AM Madada Philo na Betty, Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines. In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened. When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I. Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only! For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world. Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 Adhiambo, thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\ Philo Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote: From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya. Adhiambo -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/saguyo%40yahoo.com
Congratulations Shem for your valuable contribution in getting us to where we are at now. Regards Fiona Asonga Chief Executive Officer - Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya / Kenya Internet Exchange Point Board Member= Africa Internet Service Providers Association Member of Number Resource Organization - Number Council Member of Address Supporting Organization – Address Council Co-ordinator of Membership of the Africa Computer Emergency Response Team 14th Floor, Bruce House Standard Street Tel: +254 20 2245 036 Cell: +254 721 713 504 Website: www.tespok.or.ke <http://www.tespok.or.ke/> TESPOK Logo newKIXP logo “Industry voice in Telecommunications, Providing Policy and Direction within the Industry and Government” From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sam Aguyo Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 12:28 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Madaraka Party; NYCIV Group; PICTA Kenya-LIst; ProgressiveMinds; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) Congrants Shem i still remember the days very well connecting the dots throughout the day and night. Sam --- On Sun, 12/12/10, Shem Ochuodho <[email protected]> wrote: From: Shem Ochuodho <[email protected]> Subject: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) To: [email protected] Cc: "Madaraka Party" <[email protected]>, "NYCIV Group" <[email protected]>, "PICTA Kenya-LIst" <[email protected]>, "ProgressiveMinds" <[email protected]>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 1:04 AM Madada Philo na Betty, Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines. In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened. When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I. Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only! For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440 <http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world> &cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world. Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient _____ From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 Adhiambo, thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\ Philo Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Darwish> --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote: From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya. 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Well earned Shem. Congratulations. Regards, Gilda Quoting Shem Ochuodho <[email protected]>:
Madada Philo na Betty,
Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being
Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts
could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several
nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines.
In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas
Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened.
When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three
Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I.
Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only!
For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on:
Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient
________________________________ From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion â December 21-23rd, 2010
Adhiambo,
thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\
Philo
Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because
her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel
--- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion â December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM
Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya.
Adhiambo
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Dear Shem. 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. Reagrds VKO ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Madaraka Party <[email protected]>; NYCIV Group <[email protected]>; PICTA Kenya-LIst <[email protected]>; ProgressiveMinds <[email protected]>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 12:32:34 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) Well earned Shem. Congratulations. Regards, Gilda Quoting Shem Ochuodho <[email protected]>:
Madada Philo na Betty,
Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being
Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts
could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several
nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines.
In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas
Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened.
When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three
Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I.
Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only!
For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on:
Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient
________________________________ From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010
Adhiambo,
thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\
Philo
Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because
her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel
--- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM
Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya.
Adhiambo
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Daktari, that’s the name I came to know you by, courtesy of reading your emails on the internet. It was 1995, and my father had just signed up to your fledgling new ISP from all the way in Njoro, Nakuru. We used the DOS interfaced email to keep in touch with family abroad and would enjoy the daily snippets of news you’d send. As one of three internet connections in the whole of Nakuru district, we had all sorts of visitors coming to use the internet from my dad’s bedroom J
From that introduction to the internet I’ve never looked back, and the internet has become my source of livelihood.
Thanks Daktari. Harry Karanja n Director n SoftLaw Limited n Genius Executive Centre n 15th Floor View Park Towers n Utalii Lane n Nairobi CBD n Tel: +254 20 342 225 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shem Ochuodho Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Madaraka Party; NYCIV Group; PICTA Kenya-LIst; ProgressiveMinds; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) Madada Philo na Betty, Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines. In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened. When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I. Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only! For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440 <http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world> &cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world. Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient _____ From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 Adhiambo, thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\ Philo Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Darwish> --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote: From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya. Adhiambo
True, ...around the same time in '95, i was a young lecturer at the then Strathmore College (oops, now you know am so old ;-) when Shem literally came to show off "the Internet" to the College students and staff. That afternoon, the Library was converted into an auditorium and Shem had his 2hrs of fame - proudly beaming the graphical internet (through netscape) as he browsed through sites in the US to over 200 curious student and faculty community. walu. --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Harry Karanja <[email protected]> wrote: From: Harry Karanja <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) To: [email protected] Cc: "'Madaraka Party'" <[email protected]>, "'NYCIV Group'" <[email protected]>, "'PICTA Kenya-LIst'" <[email protected]>, "'ProgressiveMinds'" <[email protected]>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 5:05 PM Daktari, that’s the name I came to know you by, courtesy of reading your emails on the internet. It was 1995, and my father had just signed up to your fledgling new ISP from all the way in Njoro, Nakuru. We used the DOS interfaced email to keep in touch with family abroad and would enjoy the daily snippets of news you’d send. As one of three internet connections in the whole of Nakuru district, we had all sorts of visitors coming to use the internet from my dad’s bedroom J From that introduction to the internet I’ve never looked back, and the internet has become my source of livelihood. Thanks Daktari. Harry Karanja n Director n SoftLaw Limited n Genius Executive Centre n 15th Floor View Park Towers n Utalii Lane n Nairobi CBD n Tel: +254 20 342 225 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shem Ochuodho Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Madaraka Party; NYCIV Group; PICTA Kenya-LIst; ProgressiveMinds; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) Madada Philo na Betty, Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines. In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened. When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I. Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only! For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world. Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 Adhiambo, thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\ Philo Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote: From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya. Adhiambo -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com
....Walu...so that is how old you are? Well around the same time I was back in Kenya conducting fieldwork for my PhD studies and I kind of reached a dead-end. Someone suggested that I should meet one Shem Ochuodho as he was definetly on the cutting edge of many issues to do with ICT4D. That meeting was the turning point for my PhD...Shem you certainly deserve the honour due to you. I dare add that the great things you did then were slightly overshadowed when you took a plunge into politics.......but that is another matter. This recognition took a while but for what you did then....it is well deserved. Nyaki --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Walubengo J <[email protected]> wrote: From: Walubengo J <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) To: [email protected] Cc: "'Madaraka Party'" <[email protected]>, "'NYCIV Group'" <[email protected]>, "'PICTA Kenya-LIst'" <[email protected]>, "'ProgressiveMinds'" <[email protected]>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 2:35 PM True, ...around the same time in '95, i was a young lecturer at the then Strathmore College (oops, now you know am so old ;-) when Shem literally came to show off "the Internet" to the College students and staff. That afternoon, the Library was converted into an auditorium and Shem had his 2hrs of fame - proudly beaming the graphical internet (through netscape) as he browsed through sites in the US to over 200 curious student and faculty community. walu. --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Harry Karanja <[email protected]> wrote: From: Harry Karanja <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) To: [email protected] Cc: "'Madaraka Party'" <[email protected]>, "'NYCIV Group'" <[email protected]>, "'PICTA Kenya-LIst'" <[email protected]>, "'ProgressiveMinds'" <[email protected]>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 5:05 PM Daktari, that’s the name I came to know you by, courtesy of reading your emails on the internet. It was 1995, and my father had just signed up to your fledgling new ISP from all the way in Njoro, Nakuru. We used the DOS interfaced email to keep in touch with family abroad and would enjoy the daily snippets of news you’d send. As one of three internet connections in the whole of Nakuru district, we had all sorts of visitors coming to use the internet from my dad’s bedroom J From that introduction to the internet I’ve never looked back, and the internet has become my source of livelihood. Thanks Daktari. Harry Karanja n Director n SoftLaw Limited n Genius Executive Centre n 15th Floor View Park Towers n Utalii Lane n Nairobi CBD n Tel: +254 20 342 225 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shem Ochuodho Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Madaraka Party; NYCIV Group; PICTA Kenya-LIst; ProgressiveMinds; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010) Madada Philo na Betty, Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines. In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened. When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I. Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only! For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world. Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 Adhiambo, thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\ Philo Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote: From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion – December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya. Adhiambo -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/elizaslider%40yahoo.com
Just wondering, isn't it time we started recognizing our own in the IT fora, instead of awaiting for the foreign accolades. Apparently,- and I suppose I speak for many on the list, that it's now when we seem to be getting to know what those ahead of us have done. Let's be enlightened. Shem, let's know when the book is out. I for one, remember working somewhere and operating a 9.6kbps Link to MCI, as an intern and it was a really amazing connection. Harry _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Catherine Adeya Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 5:55 PM To: [email protected] Cc: 'Madaraka Party'; 'NYCIV Group'; 'PICTA Kenya-LIst'; 'ProgressiveMinds'; 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion - December 21-23rd, 2010) ....Walu...so that is how old you are? Well around the same time I was back in Kenya conducting fieldwork for my PhD studies and I kind of reached a dead-end. Someone suggested that I should meet one Shem Ochuodho as he was definetly on the cutting edge of many issues to do with ICT4D. That meeting was the turning point for my PhD...Shem you certainly deserve the honour due to you. I dare add that the great things you did then were slightly overshadowed when you took a plunge into politics.......but that is another matter. This recognition took a while but for what you did then....it is well deserved. Nyaki --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Walubengo J <[email protected]> wrote: From: Walubengo J <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion - December 21-23rd, 2010) To: [email protected] Cc: "'Madaraka Party'" <[email protected]>, "'NYCIV Group'" <[email protected]>, "'PICTA Kenya-LIst'" <[email protected]>, "'ProgressiveMinds'" <[email protected]>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 2:35 PM True, ...around the same time in '95, i was a young lecturer at the then Strathmore College (oops, now you know am so old ;-) when Shem literally came to show off "the Internet" to the College students and staff. That afternoon, the Library was converted into an auditorium and Shem had his 2hrs of fame - proudly beaming the graphical internet (through netscape) as he browsed through sites in the US to over 200 curious student and faculty community. walu. --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Harry Karanja <[email protected]> wrote: From: Harry Karanja <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion - December 21-23rd, 2010) To: [email protected] Cc: "'Madaraka Party'" <[email protected]>, "'NYCIV Group'" <[email protected]>, "'PICTA Kenya-LIst'" <[email protected]>, "'ProgressiveMinds'" <[email protected]>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 5:05 PM Daktari, that's the name I came to know you by, courtesy of reading your emails on the internet. It was 1995, and my father had just signed up to your fledgling new ISP from all the way in Njoro, Nakuru. We used the DOS interfaced email to keep in touch with family abroad and would enjoy the daily snippets of news you'd send. As one of three internet connections in the whole of Nakuru district, we had all sorts of visitors coming to use the internet from my dad's bedroom J
From that introduction to the internet I've never looked back, and the internet has become my source of livelihood.
Thanks Daktari. Harry Karanja n Director n SoftLaw Limited n Genius Executive Centre n 15th Floor View Park Towers n Utalii Lane n Nairobi CBD n Tel: +254 20 342 225 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shem Ochuodho Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Madaraka Party; NYCIV Group; PICTA Kenya-LIst; ProgressiveMinds; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Honouring the man who linked Kenya to world (was Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion - December 21-23rd, 2010) Madada Philo na Betty, Ahsanteni for the pongezi's. It was re-freshening to know the CTO (Commonwealth Telecom Organization www.cto.int) domiciled in London, with current CEO being Ghana's former Minister for Communication (Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah) could remember some of Africa's Unsung Heroes. I am working on a book with that name to catalogue the evolution of Internet in Africa - perhaps we should look for royalties from FaceBook, Google, mPesa, YouTube, SEACOM, etc! But the efforts could not have borne fruit without the inputs of several other people, including the techies who alongside Randy Bush burnt mid-night oil (Dr Martin Koyabe - now with British Telecoms, Paul Olendo now @UN, Alfred Orimbo, etc) - for several nights - to get it all work on Kenya's/indeed Africa's then real terrible phone lines. In the same vein, without Steve Goldstein of the US National Science Foundation (who provided the boxes and technology) and Peter Sutherland of UK's Overseas Development Agency (ODA now DfID) who took up the initial leased line phone bills - used to cost US$ 16,000 (yes, 16k) per month for just a mere 64KBps pipe - it wouldn't have happened. When in 2000 CSK (Computer Society of Kenya) felt I deserved 'Father of Internet in Kenya' title, I dedicated the award to three people: Amb. Dr Benjamin Kipkorir (then Kenya's Ambassador in Washington), Micah Cheserem (then Governor, Central Bank), Brig. (Rtd) Wilson Boinnett (then DG, NSIS aka Special Branch). Without these guys' intervention, the KANU regime of the time wouldn't have allowed Internet to happen. Not that they didn't try to block it - the then Head of Public Service wrote a letter (I have a souvenir copy) to all PS's, Heads of Military, Special Branch, etc warning them not to connect to ARCC/Internet/UNEP without direct approval from his office. That partly explains why these three Kenyan Wazalendo's perhaps deserve these awards more than I. Last but not least, Jeddy and the kids who allowed me to use one of the family bedrooms for initial tests when sections of the University felt by staying late in the labs night, we had 'lots of idle time and needed to be given more teaching load' had denied us space to do the experiments. But all the Glory must always go to God the Almighty, Allah - the One and Only! For those who missed the story (courtesy Visioner Augustine Oduor), you can access it on: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440 <http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024440&cid=159&st ory=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world> &cid=159&story=Honouring%20the%20man%20who%20linked%20Kenya%20to%20world. Best rgrds, Shem 2010 CTO/GoSS African Internaut (Internet Pioneer) Award Recipient _____ From: Philo Ikonya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 December, 2010 18:51:39 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion - December 21-23rd, 2010 Adhiambo, thanks very much for letting me know.. I did not know.. Congrats Shem. You did not say it even as I was telling you of my little works?\ Philo Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be silenced because she speaks the truth and because her words reflect basic Burmese and universal concepts - Vaclav Havel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Darwish> --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Betty Otieno <[email protected]> wrote: From: Betty Otieno <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Update on Arrangements for Kisumu Reunion - December 21-23rd, 2010 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:01 PM Congratulations Shem on the honor you received the other day, pioneer internet related Kenya. Adhiambo -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/elizaslider%40yahoo.com
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Catherine Adeya -
Fiona Asonga -
godera＠skyweb.co.ke -
Harry Delano -
Harry Karanja -
Njeri Rionge -
Sam Aguyo -
Shem Ochuodho -
Vitalis Olunga -
Walubengo J -
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