[kictanet] court ends Konza city land trials

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

I pass by the Konza city lot. And the road network within the city is
nearly finished. Heavy development happening inside the city.
Electricity network is being laid too.

On 09/10/2015, Barrack Otieno via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Edith,
>
> The Court cases were stumbling blocks, my hope is their dismissal
> paves way for next steps in the project. Looking at what has become of
> the Sameer Business Park, i am confident Konza can actually be a
> reality sooner than later.
>
> Regards
>
> On 10/9/15, Edith Ofwona <eofwona at idrc.ca> wrote:
>> Barrack,
>>
>> What progress has been made in Konza? Everything has gone quiet!
>>
>> White elephant? Or I'm wrong. Any updates?
>>
>> Edith
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kictanet
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>> On Behalf Of Barrack Otieno via kictanet
>> Sent: October-09-15 12:39 PM
>> To: Edith Ofwona
>> Cc: Barrack Otieno
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] court ends Konza city land trials
>>
>> This is good, it paves way for further developement. I remember the words
>> of
>> former President Mwai Kibaki during the launch of Konza that it will be
>> similar to the Free Primary Education Program which was billed to be an
>> non-starter but proved critics wrong.
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>> On 10/9/15, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> wrote:
>>> http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Reprieve-for-Ndemo-Muthama-as-court-st
>>> ops-Konza-trial/-/1950946/2903536/-/format/xhtml/-/rx2mbkz/-/index.htm
>>> l
>>>
>>> It was a big win for nine individuals yesterday when the High Court
>>> stopped their prosecution over alleged theft of Sh179 million in the
>>> Konza City land deal.
>>>
>>> Judge George Odunga trashed the prosecution of National Police
>>> Commission member Ronald Leposo Musengi, Machakos Senator Johnson
>>> Muthama and former Information Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo.
>>>
>>> The others were the former directors of the Malili Ranch Company
>>> Limited, who have been accused of stealing over Sh179 million from
>>> Malili Ranch Shareholders.
>>>
>>> Judge Odunga prohibited Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko
>>> from trying the individuals.
>>>
>>> Mr Musengi, Mr Muthama, Dr Ndemo and six others had been charged with
>>> theft of the millions from the shareholders of the private company
>>> which sold the land to the government at Sh1 billion.
>>>
>>> In his judgement, the judge said the trial of the Malili Techno City
>>> land deal suspects was an abuse of the criminal justice process
>>>
>>
>>
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