[kictanet] Konza City is now 10 years old

[Sam Oduor]

Personally I do not think it was a white elephant; great ideas mature over
the long term -> cant take 10-50 years.

Rome was not built on a single day - the project needs support from techies
like us and investors.

Konza being of National interest should be a phased 10 - 20 - 30 - 40 - 50
- 60 .... year planned development approach.

Partly I would blame the land/property rush experienced in Kenya btw 2009 -
2012 ; guys inflated prices and no one was there to regulate - this might
have had negative effects some investors planning to go in considering
investors look at ROI which is key to any investment. I cannot see the math
of buying land for 50k and selling it at 800k -> this was obviously not
sustainable; where does such capital come from ? Virtual loans ?

Konza and many other projects are still very viable in Kenya and I have
high hopes my only plea is for the Govt to be at the core of things like
Land, Property and Infrastructure from unjustifiable exploits -> this way
it will encourage investors to settle creating more Jobs which equates to
good security, a healthy and sustainable economic growth.

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On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 2:06 PM Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hello listers,
>
> Does anyone know what activities are going on at the famed Konza City or
> it's one of those big white elephants??
>
> Brian Gitonga Marete
> <https://www.facebook.com/marete?__tn__=%2CdlC-R-R&eid=ARDI1jSnyu5oBA5420Rmu-AVTq2tSur2OCUGtnmMsdgUP3xrD20zMn9qPhQz8UZ91C69teeOsHHj5A-1&hc_ref=ARSPvPuQ5gkS1YOj6-3UVPsmbTYbrxEWJdhG8AE5jwEuELkVLzgaUBQrTqwjEnDtTQc> shared
> a post <https://www.facebook.com/jaylaan11/posts/10219010532593216>.
> 12 hrs <https://www.facebook.com/marete/posts/10156427390174934> ·
>
> It was obvious that Konza City was a con job from the get go.
> Concentrations of industrial excellence do not sprout up suddenly just
> because physical buildings and infrastructure are around. That is not the
> bottleneck, and anyone can provide that. The real battles of realizing
> something like the proposed Konza city are elsewhere.
>
>
> <https://www.facebook.com/jaylaan11/posts/10219010532593216?__tn__=%2CdH-R-R&eid=ARD-GjetXsxKA5gn9sTexDGe7PznmLamh6o5fIO4X1fsoJQoac7z4TdB7LZtN_bg_tSxxFa0kEQS7LIa>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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