<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Hi,</div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">I have looked at the concept for the Konza Technology City and it looks brilliant, but I have a few issues to propose on the design. </div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Now that we have a big picture we need to go into the devilish details to make sure that we can make this a truly world class project from ground breaking to operation.</div><div
style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color:black;font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre;"> </span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">1. There is too much road which will result in traffic, one regret that the developers of Silicon Valley have kept airing is that they should have thought more of reducing motorised movement and creating more green areas, foot paths and cycling paths. The concept for Konza has over 61 kilometers of major roads that is equivalent to the road from Nairobi to Konza. </font></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">We need to incorporate tramcars, under ground train & bus stations and perimeter parking silos that will allow for the reduction of vehicular traffic on the streets and make the environment more pedestrian friendly.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> </font></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">For those who have seen the master plan each segment measures about 62 acres which is roughly the area bound by Uhuru Highway, City Hall Way, Kenyatta Avenue and Moi Avenue, not a very big area, so what is the difference in layout
between Konza City and Nairobi? We need to look at the issues affecting Nairobi due to its design flaws and then correct them in Konza.</font></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>2. The density of the City makes it no different from Nairobi CBD merged with Githurai/Zimaman, the green area is at 5.6% which should be sufficient grounds for Prof. Wangari Mathai to get concerned. In my calculations I included the river basin that a crosses through the City and also the stadium. Let avoid the creation of another concrete jungle, which bring back to mind a statement by President Moi that the building of a 60 story building at Uhuru Park would be of scenic value.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div
style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>4. Unlike Nairobi, Konza is a much hotter area therefore we need to look at having as many water masses as possible scattered around the city to humidify the area and also help in maintaining any green areas. This water could be reclaimed from the buildings and also by incorporating rain water harvesting.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>5. Charity begins at home, I strongly believe the launch plus the initial invitations for the master builder should have been floated locally before we removed our hand pans to go overseas, "utamusindikisha <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-size: medium; "><strong>namna gani </strong></span>yule ambae hajatoa chochote chake".</div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>6. Where is the Virtual City Building, Seven Seas Knowledge Hub, Equity Finance Campus and Mutuku's Supermarket in the proposal or is the entire development targeted to foreign entities.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre; "> </span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="times, serif" size="3">7. The area allocated for a University campus is only 62 acres, this is too small as it can
only </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="times, serif">accommodate</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="times, serif" size="3"> a single university campus if it is to have recreation facilities and open grounds which is the ideal situation as it would be counter productive to replicate what is happening with the campuses in Nairobi CBD.</font></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif" size="3">I </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">reiterate</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> that the effort is commendable but lets use it more as a starting point than an end in itself otherwise we shall just be developing another concrete jungle. Lets look at best practices and the lessons learnt from others as they carried our such projects.</font></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">A final word or more a request, how do I book the space allocated for
a Cathedral so I can begin to mobilise my Catholic brethren to begin raising
funds.<br></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> </font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Robert Yawe</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">KAY System Technologies Ltd</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Phoenix House, 6th Floor</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3" style="font-family: times, serif;
font-size: 12pt; ">Kenya</font><br><br><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "></div>
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