[kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City?

Fri Feb 10 13:55:50 EAT 2012

I'm stand on the platform of trying to understand an issue before I comment
on it. Seems that thanks to the great information put together by those
responsible I can talk as if I am an insider ..... simply because I take
time to read ... and think before I speak.

Hope this helps,

Brian

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 1:36 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Brian,
>
> Are you by any chance a member of the Konza implementation team because
> your responses sound more like what we would expect from Mr. Kukubo or Dr.
> Ndemo?
>
> Just need to know what platform you are standing on, as learnt from what
> Raila once said about Mungatana, before I respond to your 2 curt responses.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
>
> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Friday, 10 February 2012, 13:13
>
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City?
>
> In view of establishing whether people are in possession of knowledge
> before they make remarks it might also help to go through the publicly
> available and well written documents that are/have been available
> online at:
>
> http://www.konzacity.co.ke/?page_id=2355
>
> Especially the "Summary Document"
>
> Mblayo
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:50 PM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > At a Konza City briefing some months ago, the Kengen MD said they have an
> > energy plan for the city. Forgot the specifics.
> >
> > My speculation (this is not what the Kengen MD said) coal mining in
> Eastern
> > Kenya is going to contribute to powering Konza City.
> >
> > Some Water Authority was there too - talking about supply of water and
> if I
> > remember well there was also talk of hydro power.
> >
> > Whether Foreigners show up at Konza City or not is immaterial to some of
> us.
> > They will value add if they do show up. We need to provide a good working
> > environment for Kenyan Technologists. We do not have to build good things
> > just to attract Foreigners. We are the ones living in Kenya. We can love
> > ourselves too.
> >
> > Being 60 Km away from Nairobi City - 20 minutes by train -- Konza City
> will
> > intitally feed off the Nairobi Metropolitan Area (over 50% of the Kenyan
> > economy at the moment). It also happens to be on Mombasa Rd too and can
> > become a Tourist Point too.
> >
> > In 2007, Eastern Kenya was generally innocent of ethnic cleansing, though
> > they will become more hostile with the influx of ''outsiders".
> >
> >
> http://www.the-star.co.ke/national/national/58176-cement-company-secretly-acquired-44000-acres-in-kitui-claims-ngilu
> >
> > Other Technology Parks should be planned / developed to serve Firms
> wishing
> > to locate in parts of Kenya not too hostile to them.
> >
> > Final note below:
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:36 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Strathmore University on the other hand went for the LEED certification
> >> right from design stage, please send me the section in the Konza master
> plan
> >> where LEED certification is mentioned as a requirement?  We both
> listened to
> >> the presentation about Hydrabad and the issues that arose relating to
> its
> >> development how they where handled, why is it that you refuse to carry
> out a
> >> SWOT analysis on the Konza project?  We need to move beyond dreaming
> towards
> >> the reality that is the Kenya we have.
> >>
> >
> > I approached Paul Kukubo at the Konza City briefing to ask about Local
> > Universities. Strathmore University was the only one he mentioned as
> meeting
> > the criteria they have set for Konza City.
> >
> >
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