User:John mukulu

John Francis Mukulu; (born September 13, 1987 in Pugu-Ukonga,Dar-es-salaam) is a Tanzanian Software Developer and Open source enthusiast, who pioneered a Bongo Linux project as Ubuntu-remix distribution, he later joined Health Information Systems Programs with the University of Dar es salaam in development, customization and implementation of health information systems.


 * 1) Biography
 * Early years


 * John Francis Mukulu was born in Pugu Secondary - Ukonga, Dar es salaam, Tanzania. He is a son of teachers Pauline Mahillane and Damian Eustace Mukulu. Both of his parents were teachers at Pugu Secondary School in the 1980s, His family belongs to the Haya Tribe of Kagera Region in Lake Victoria. John Francis was named after John the baptist on the fact that he was baptized on John the baptist day on Catholic calendar.


 * John attended the Pugu Kajiungeni primary school between 1994 to 2000 and later studied at St. Anthony's Secondary school Mbagala between 2000 to 2004 from which he took his Advanced Level studies from Loyola high school between 2004 to 2007 and later attended University of Dar es salaam between 2007 to 2010, graduating with Bachelor degree in Computer Science from then Faculty of Informatics and Virtual Education. In his university education he was exposed to Open source communities and Linux distributions.