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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Unfortunately as they take the long term you have recommend competition catches up with them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I am always amazed when I visit the Sameer park on Mombasa road and see the amount of IT happening.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>We are also seeing lots of other innovation and IT hubs coming up in other locations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Alex Watila<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> kictanet <kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sam Oduor via kictanet<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 3, 2019 14:42<br><b>To:</b> awatila@yahoo.co.uk<br><b>Cc:</b> Sam Oduor <sam.oduor@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Konza City is now 10 years old<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Personally I do not think it was a white elephant; great ideas mature over the long term -> cant take 10-50 years. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rome was not built on a single day - the project needs support from techies like us and investors. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Konza being of National interest should be a phased 10 - 20 - 30 - 40 - 50 - 60 .... year planned development approach. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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 ?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=58 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 style='width:.4791in;height:.302in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=473 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 2:06 PM Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello listers,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone know what activities are going on at the famed Konza City or it's one of those big white elephants??<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><h5 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;vertical-align:middle'><span class=gmail-m7124169970814596409gmail-fwb><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#616770'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/marete?__tn__=%2CdlC-R-R&eid=ARDI1jSnyu5oBA5420Rmu-AVTq2tSur2OCUGtnmMsdgUP3xrD20zMn9qPhQz8UZ91C69teeOsHHj5A-1&hc_ref=ARSPvPuQ5gkS1YOj6-3UVPsmbTYbrxEWJdhG8AE5jwEuELkVLzgaUBQrTqwjEnDtTQc" target="_blank"><span style='color:#365899'>Brian Gitonga Marete</span></a></span></span><span class=gmail-m7124169970814596409gmail-fcg><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#616770;font-weight:normal'> shared a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jaylaan11/posts/10219010532593216" target="_blank"><span style='color:#365899'>post</span></a>.</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#1D2129;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h5><div id="gmail-m_7124169970814596409gmail-feed_subtitle_263;685904933;10156427390174934;10156427390174934;1546468364:3495327837495129206:5:0"><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:middle'><span class=gmail-m7124169970814596409gmail-fsm><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#90949C'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/marete/posts/10156427390174934" target="_blank"><span class=gmail-m7124169970814596409gmail-timestampcontent><span style='color:#616770'>12 hrs</span></span></a></span></span><span class=gmail-m7124169970814596409gmail-6spk><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#616770'> ยท </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#616770'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style='margin-top:4.5pt' id="gmail-m_7124169970814596409gmail-js_bfu"><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 5.0pt 9.0pt;margin-top:3.75pt;border-color:transparent;border-radius:3px;overflow:hidden'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#1D2129'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jaylaan11/posts/10219010532593216?__tn__=%2CdH-R-R&eid=ARD-GjetXsxKA5gn9sTexDGe7PznmLamh6o5fIO4X1fsoJQoac7z4TdB7LZtN_bg_tSxxFa0kEQS7LIa" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#365899'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#365899'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jaylaan11/posts/10219010532593216?__tn__=%2CdH-R-R&eid=ARD-GjetXsxKA5gn9sTexDGe7PznmLamh6o5fIO4X1fsoJQoac7z4TdB7LZtN_bg_tSxxFa0kEQS7LIa" target="_blank"><span style='color:#365899'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></u></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#1D2129'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>"<span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/sam.oduor%40gmail.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/sam.oduor%40gmail.com</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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