<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Brian,</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>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?</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div> </div><div>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<br><br></div><div>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2"
face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 10 February 2012, 13:13<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City?<br> </font> </div> <br>In view of establishing whether people are in possession of knowledge<br>before they make remarks it might also help to go through the publicly<br>available and well written documents that are/have been available<br>online at:<br><br><a href="http://www.konzacity.co.ke/?page_id=2355" target="_blank">http://www.konzacity.co.ke/?page_id=2355</a><br><br>Especially the "Summary Document"<br><br>Mblayo<br><br>On Fri, Feb
10, 2012 at 12:50 PM, S.M. Muraya <<a ymailto="mailto:murigi.muraya@gmail.com" href="mailto:murigi.muraya@gmail.com">murigi.muraya@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> At a Konza City briefing some months ago, the Kengen MD said they have an<br>> energy plan for the city. Forgot the specifics.<br>><br>> My speculation (this is not what the Kengen MD said) coal mining in Eastern<br>> Kenya is going to contribute to powering Konza City.<br>><br>> Some Water Authority was there too - talking about supply of water and if I<br>> remember well there was also talk of hydro power.<br>><br>> Whether Foreigners show up at Konza City or not is immaterial to some of us.<br>> They will value add if they do show up. We need to provide a good working<br>> environment for Kenyan Technologists. We do not have to build good things<br>> just to attract Foreigners. We are the ones living in Kenya. We can love<br>> ourselves
too.<br>><br>> Being 60 Km away from Nairobi City - 20 minutes by train -- Konza City will<br>> intitally feed off the Nairobi Metropolitan Area (over 50% of the Kenyan<br>> economy at the moment). It also happens to be on Mombasa Rd too and can<br>> become a Tourist Point too.<br>><br>> In 2007, Eastern Kenya was generally innocent of ethnic cleansing, though<br>> they will become more hostile with the influx of ''outsiders".<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.the-star.co.ke/national/national/58176-cement-company-secretly-acquired-44000-acres-in-kitui-claims-ngilu" target="_blank">http://www.the-star.co.ke/national/national/58176-cement-company-secretly-acquired-44000-acres-in-kitui-claims-ngilu</a><br>><br>> Other Technology Parks should be planned / developed to serve Firms wishing<br>> to locate in parts of Kenya not too hostile to them.<br>><br>> Final note below:<br>><br>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:36
AM, robert yawe <<a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>><br>>> Strathmore University on the other hand went for the LEED certification<br>>> right from design stage, please send me the section in the Konza master plan<br>>> where LEED certification is mentioned as a requirement? We both listened to<br>>> the presentation about Hydrabad and the issues that arose relating to its<br>>> development how they where handled, why is it that you refuse to carry out a<br>>> SWOT analysis on the Konza project? We need to move beyond dreaming towards<br>>> the reality that is the Kenya we have.<br>>><br>><br>> I approached Paul Kukubo at the Konza City briefing to ask about Local<br>> Universities. Strathmore University was the only one he mentioned as meeting<br>> the criteria they have set for
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