[kictanet] {Disarmed} Re: Question on ICT/BPO Park

Tue Jan 5 11:23:56 EAT 2010

Hi,

If we all agree that the ICT/BPO park would be best located away from Nairobi why is it that the government continues to pload along on retaining the location?

Who out there knows how we can lobby to change the location since the Athi River location was never discussed and neither have we seen any study on which this location was arrived upon.

If a ministerial decision was able to move the EPZ from Athi River (Eastern Province) after land had been purchased and even roads built, where Manchester Outfitters is currently situated to Kitengela (Rift Valley Province) change the ICT park location is not impossible.  

I am sure someone will ask what should be done with the land already acquired, give it to the Chinese as they have offered to build 150,000 housing units within the next 2 years.  

The 5,000 acres is enough to create a satellite city.

With the proposed new constitution regional champions need to have the location changed otherwise they will remain in the stoneage.

Regards

Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

--- On Wed, 23/12/09, Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] {Disarmed} Re: Question on ICT/BPO Park
To: "robert yawe" <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Wednesday, 23 December, 2009, 15:34

@ Bob,
I see the sense in your assertation. The park should be far from the
radius of Nairobi, say over 200 Km, in order to decongest the
metropolitan city and to stop choking the little resources available
in Nairobi. Further to my earlier mail to this list, Nairobi should
not be everything from the Seat of govt to the home of all sorts of
businesses. This, is what Vision 2030, in my opinion, is all about.

On 23/12/2009, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Dr. Ndemo,
>
> Why does the park have to be in Athi River especially since the government
> is paying above market for the land?
>
> As a government you have the capacity to place the park anywhere is the
> country, how else will we urbanize other areas of the country if all
> activities are within 50 KM of Nairobi?
>
> I propose acquiring land in Mumias which will be a tenth of the price you
> are currently paying in Athi River with a added benefit of reliable power
> that is not dependent on rain.
>
> Nairobi is no Kenya.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
>
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>
> Kenya
>
>
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
> --- On Wed, 23/12/09, bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>
> From: bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] {Disarmed} Re:  Question on ICT/BPO Park
> To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Wednesday, 23 December, 2009, 6:31
>
> Liko,
> The Government is only championing the construction of the Park that will
> cost in excess of $10 billion or one third of our GDP.  In Uganda yes the
> Private sector is putting the park up on Land provided by the Government.
> We are parctically doing the same only that most Government land was
> grapped.  Indeed if we need development, Government must begin to reaquire
> the land.  There is no investor coming to spend a fortune buying land.  It
> would have been prudent if your question was to understand the model we
> are employing in developing the mult-use (ICT, Science, Financial
> District, Multimedia) park in Athi River.
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>
>> In Uganda ... a private investor is building ...
>>
>> In Kenya ... GOK
>>
>> My view is that this is not the best use for govt funds ... in this sector
>> ... at his time :)
>>
>> and location really sucks
>>
>> merry xmas
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:28 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It is interesting what you find when searching the Internet, we
>>> seriously
>>> need to add some information on the web.
>>>
>>> We are unable to sort out a basic issue like procurement of land for the
>>> ICT Park, look at the following article on what our neighbour Uganda are
>>> doing.  Its time we stopped thinking that the whole world is waiting for
>>> us
>>> to clean our act, others are moving on.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.cio.com/article/375713/Indian_Investor_to_Build_US_200m_ICT_Park_in_Uganda
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Yawe
>>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>>> Kenya
>>>
>>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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