[kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving KnowledgeEconomy?OnlineInterviewwithPS Ndemo

[bitange at jambo.co.ke]

Aki,
I wish I knew your full name because you write as if you are in the Konza Team.  Nevertheless, you will be happy to know that prospective tenants are exactly what you propose.

An agricultural research organization wants a 50 acre campus.  Three well established International hospitals want space for research and medical tourism. An International agro processing company want 100 acre campus for its worldwide operations.  Two IT companies need laboratories there.  Major hotel chains want to establish there.  The convention centre is gone to KICC, we shall bid for the Malls because we have more than 10 groups interested, same for the stadium.  All this happening even before we advertise. God is simply with us.

Back to agriculture.  On my way back from Kisii I passed through Transmara and Narok.  I was happy and sad at the same time.  Happy that we have a bumper harvest here.  Maize and wheat in every space you look at.  Sad that the farmers are using rudimentary methods to dry and fight afflatoxins.  They are incurring heavy losses due to wastage caused by annimals and spillage.  They need buyers.

We should not entirely blame the Government for a disfunctional supply chain especially now when most of our people are facing startvation.  I am one of the people who advocates for non intervention by government when the markets are there.  If you look for the so called Private sector, they not in town.  They are in Mombasa trying to clear GMO for fgamine relief.

On the part of Government, I shall deal with my counterparts tomorrow.  These farmers need mordern driers to create uniformity and avoid wastage. It will not cost much to have mobile driers (even though the private sector can do it).  I am aware the Government subsidized seed and ferterlizer but farmers being Kenyan lie about this.  Will check on this.

We have had the best Government leadership in Africa since 2003 but we have refused to take advantage of it and impact our own lives.  There will b ecome a time when we shall wish.  If you need to sustain the momentum let us talk about my "candidacy".

One Kenya.  Keep hope a live.


Ndemo. 




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-----Original Message-----
From: aki <aki275 at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 22:51:49 
To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Cc: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving KnowledgeEconomy?OnlineInterviewwith
 PS Ndemo

Dear Dr Ndemo,

Thank you very much for the invite and I appreciate it. I do apologise that
unfortunately at this time and until I can individually ( these are personal
challenges ) comeup with tried and tested/successful technology ideas or
solutions that I hope can or will have national or regional impacts, I'd
like to keep my involvement on such. However, if at any time soon when there
is a creation of e.g. the Konza Technology Action Group which would be a
specialised unit of various economic and technology consultants sharing
knowledge on regional markets that is going to achieve bringing various
goals and targets together, I'd like to participate if any input is needed
from me. Í have various knowledge in technology sectors and am going to
start to look at agricultural engineering and see what the bridge is between
this and e.g. ICT software development. There is a key development area here
but I'm missing the links, will share my findings incase they are helpful
to those interested in regional goals.

Konza seems the island that we may help to move Kenya to the next level.
Usually there is brain drain because many in developing countries cannot
find avenues to commit their mental capacities within such countries so end
up elsewhere. I believe Konza should be a representation of reversing brain
drain for many kenyans.

I hope someone else will be able to attend and take up the invite
opportunity.

Thank you.

Rgds.

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 9:01 PM, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:

> ** Aki,
> We are meeting Konza Technology City possible underwriters (local Banks) on
> Monday morning 7am at Serena. Please come. Many of the quesions you ask will
> be answered then you can make a summary for the listers.
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>
>

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