{"id":78275,"date":"2022-12-23T16:16:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T16:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2"},"modified":"2022-12-23T17:14:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T17:14:10","slug":"cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2","title":{"rendered":"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>ICT CS Eliud Owalo on Friday launched government-sponsored free public WiFi in Bondo township to serve local residents and traders. Owalo said the initiative is aimed at enabling communication services, promoting E-commerce and enhancing connectivity among other benefits.<\/p>\n

“I’m confident that the residents of Bondo will take advantage of this facility to improve their livelihoods,” Owalo said.<\/p>\n

The CS was accompanied by Bondo Deputy County Commissioiner Julius Otieno, Bondo MP Gedion Ochanda, ICTA chairman Frederick Owino and Lake Basin Development Authority chairman Dianga Waore.<\/p>\n

Other leaders including area MCAs Tabu Osewe, Oliver Arika and Simon Angule and Bondo Market chairman Joseph Okumu were also present. Owalo said the WiFi launch is part of President William Ruto\u2019s government initiative to establish and operationalise 25,000 free public WiFi countrywide.<\/p>\n

“May I take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year 2023,” he said after the launch and mingling with the residents.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. ICT CS Eliud Owalo on Friday launched government-sponsored free public WiFi in Bondo township to serve local residents and traders. Owalo said the initiative is aimed at enabling communication services, promoting E-commerce and enhancing connectivity among other benefits. “I’m confident that the residents of Bondo will take advantage of this facility to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":78274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-78275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"\nCS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ICT CS Eliud Owalo on Friday launched government-sponsored free public WiFi in Bondo township to serve local residents a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ICT CS Eliud Owalo on Friday launched government-sponsored free public WiFi in Bondo township to serve local residents a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-23T16:16:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-23T17:14:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671799583.50-63a5e1b5bdfe9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-23T16:16:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-23T17:14:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671799583.50-63a5e1b5bdfe9.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2\",\"name\":\"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671799583.50-63a5e1b5bdfe9.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-23T16:16:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-23T17:14:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"ICT CS Eliud Owalo on Friday launched government-sponsored free public WiFi in Bondo township to serve local residents a ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671799583.50-63a5e1b5bdfe9.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671799583.50-63a5e1b5bdfe9.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town - kenya","description":"ICT CS Eliud Owalo on Friday launched government-sponsored free public WiFi in Bondo township to serve local residents a ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town","og_description":"ICT CS Eliud Owalo on Friday launched government-sponsored free public WiFi in Bondo township to serve local residents a ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-12-23T16:16:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-12-23T17:14:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671799583.50-63a5e1b5bdfe9.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town","datePublished":"2022-12-23T16:16:18+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-23T17:14:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2"},"wordCount":177,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671799583.50-63a5e1b5bdfe9.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Kenya","Kenya"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2","name":"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671799583.50-63a5e1b5bdfe9.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-23T16:16:18+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-23T17:14:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"ICT CS Eliud Owalo on Friday launched government-sponsored free public WiFi in Bondo township to serve local residents a ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671799583.50-63a5e1b5bdfe9.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671799583.50-63a5e1b5bdfe9.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/cs-eliud-owalo-launches-free-internet-in-bondo-town-2#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CS Eliud Owalo launches free internet in Bondo town"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}