<div dir="ltr">How long did silicon valley take? I also think Konza city was a hoax and its sad that kenyans rushed to buy land around the city with a promise of development only to find white smoke!<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">Best Regards,</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">Karanja Marigu,</span></font></div><div><br></div><div>'Purpose fuels passion'</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 14:06, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello listers,<div><br></div><div>Does anyone know what activities are going on at the famed Konza City or it's one of those big white elephants??</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-h_68aveoxrt gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-d_68aveikh- gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-clearfix" style="zoom:1;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-clearfix gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-d_68aveows2" style="zoom:1;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-clearfix gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_42ef" style="overflow:hidden;zoom:1;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-h_68aveows5" style="padding-bottom:6px;font-family:inherit"><div style="font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_6a gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_5u5j" style="display:inline-block;width:428px;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_6a gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_5u5j gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_6b" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;width:428px;font-family:inherit"><h5 class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_14f3 gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_14f5 gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_5pbw gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_5vra" id="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-js_bfs" style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 2px;padding:0px 22px 0px 0px;line-height:1.38;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-fwn gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-fcg" style="color:rgb(97,103,112);font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-fcg" style="font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-fwb" style="font-weight:600;font-family:inherit"><a class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-profileLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/marete?__tn__=%2CdlC-R-R&eid=ARDI1jSnyu5oBA5420Rmu-AVTq2tSur2OCUGtnmMsdgUP3xrD20zMn9qPhQz8UZ91C69teeOsHHj5A-1&hc_ref=ARSPvPuQ5gkS1YOj6-3UVPsmbTYbrxEWJdhG8AE5jwEuELkVLzgaUBQrTqwjEnDtTQc" style="color:rgb(54,88,153);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit" target="_blank">Brian Gitonga Marete</a></span> shared a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jaylaan11/posts/10219010532593216" style="color:rgb(54,88,153);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit" target="_blank">post</a>.</span></span></h5><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_5pcp gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_5lel gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_2jyu gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-_232_" id="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-feed_subtitle_263;685904933;10156427390174934;10156427390174934;1546468364:3495327837495129206:5:0" style="color:rgb(97,103,112);font-size:12px;font-family:inherit"><s class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-f_68aveop-5 gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-c_68avek5p5 gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-x_68avenx06"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-y_68avek4xb gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-t_68avek4xa" style="display:inline-block;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-l_68avek4xo gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-t_68avek4xa" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-j_68avek4xm gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-t_68avek4xa" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-y_68avek4xb gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-t_68avek4xa" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-y_68avek4xb gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-t_68avek4xa" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-m_9193559993727552778gmail-y_68avek4xb gmail-m_919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