<div dir="ltr">(1) What is lacking is rule of law. Access to information will increase public participation and reduce insider theft/trading crippling all our towns and cities.<br><br><div><a href="https://www.ombudsman.go.ke/index.php/access-to-information/publications?download=298:ati-regulations-2021-for-pubic-participation-25-05-2021">https://www.ombudsman.go.ke/index.php/access-to-information/publications?download=298:ati-regulations-2021-for-pubic-participation-25-05-2021</a><br><br><a href="https://ombudsman.go.ke/index.php/resource-center/media-center/news-and-events/137-public-participation-and-request-for-comments-on-the-draft-access-to-information-general-regulations-2021">https://ombudsman.go.ke/index.php/resource-center/media-center/news-and-events/137-public-participation-and-request-for-comments-on-the-draft-access-to-information-general-regulations-2021</a><br><br>(2) The Nairobi expressway is somehow connected to Athi river.  </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.kenyaengineer.co.ke/the-nairobi-expressway/">https://www.kenyaengineer.co.ke/the-nairobi-expressway/</a><div><br></div><div>(3) In partnership with Anglo Leasing beneficiaries, the Chinese are building a two billion dollar "Friendship City" in Athi River. In the future, it might fuel the growth of Konza City. Unlike Athi River, 

if our public officials do not sell out, Konza City will not be controlled by Chinese firms.<br><br></div><div><a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/news/chinese-group-to-build-sh200bn-athi-river-city-2243626">https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/news/chinese-group-to-build-sh200bn-athi-river-city-2243626</a><br><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 2:35 PM waudo siganga 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"><u></u><div><div style="font-family:Arial">When Ndemo was spearheading this project he held regular and frequent meetings with stakeholders to apprise them of the developments and get their feedback. My sense is that this is currently missing and should be re-started.</div><div style="font-family:Arial"><br></div><div>On Wed, Jun 2, 2021, at 7:33 AM, Ali Hussein via KICTANet wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="gmail-m_2407242110350701202qt"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">GG<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thanks for sharing. <br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Listers, even the best-laid plans can miss their targets. I'd rather we discuss:-<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">1. What went wrong.<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">2. What are the lessons to be learned.<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">3. Can the project get back on track?  <br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">4. Has it gone wrong? How long does it take to build a new city?<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:13px">Ali
Hussein</span></span></b><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:13px">Digital Transformation</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:13px"><span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>T<span style="font-size:13px">el: +254 713 60<span style="font-size:13px">1113</span></span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:13px"><span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></span></span><br></p><div><span style="font-size:13px"><span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"></span></span></span><br></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:13px"><span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:13px"><span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></span></a></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:13px"><span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"></span></span></span><br></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:georgia"><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></span></span><br></p><div><span style="font-size:13px"><span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span><br><span style="font-size:10px">Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.</span></span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></span></span><span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></span> <span><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif"></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 7:32 PM Grace Githaiga via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px">Listers</span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px">This may be of interest to some here.</span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px">Rgds</span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px">Grace</span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px"></span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px">Kenya was one of the earliest countries to outsource its dreaming to McKinsey. The entire Vision 2030 strategy was developed by the Kenyan government in conjunction with McKinsey & Company, with Konza being one of many techno-utopian urban renewal projects the firm was involved in. </span></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px">At first, most were undertaken in Asia, then, in the 2000s, the focus shifted to African countries, which were seen as growth markets for big tech and financial corporations.</span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px"></span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px">...</span></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px">the McKinseyfication of government and federal services often means that the mere production of paperwork counts as progress.</span></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px"> ...</span></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px">The question then becomes, Who is responsible for the failure of Konza?”</span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px"></span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,247,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"GT Sectra",serif"><span style="font-size:21px">Read on: </span></span></span><a href="https://restofworld.org/2021/the-failed-promise-of-kenyas-smart-city/" target="_blank">https://restofworld.org/2021/the-failed-promise-of-kenyas-smart-city/</a><br></div><div>--<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Grace Githaiga</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">KICTANet Convenor</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">KICTANet portals</span><br></div><div><a href="https://kictanet.or.ke/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">KICTANet.or.ke</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/kictanet" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Twitter</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> | </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/18428106/admin/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> | </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Facebook</a><br></div></div></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div> KICTANet mailing list<br></div><div> <a href="mailto:KICTANet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">KICTANet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br></div><div> <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br></div><div> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br></div><div> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br></div><div> <br></div><div> Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com</a><br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> KICTANet is a multi-stakeholder Think Tank for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. KICTANet is a catalyst for reform in the Information and Communication Technology sector. Its work is guided by four pillars of Policy Advocacy, Capacity Building, Research, and Stakeholder Engagement.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> KICTANet - The Power of Communities, is Kenya's premier ICT policy engagement platform.<br></div></blockquote></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>KICTANet mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:KICTANet%40lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">KICTANet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br></div><div><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br></div><div>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br></div><div>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emailsignet%40mailcan.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emailsignet%40mailcan.com</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>KICTANet is a multi-stakeholder Think Tank for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. KICTANet is a catalyst for reform in the Information and Communication Technology sector. Its work is guided by four pillars of Policy Advocacy, Capacity Building, Research, and Stakeholder Engagement.<br></div><div><br></div><div>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share k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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>SMM</div><div><br></div><div><span style="line-height:13px;color:rgb(0,19,32);font-family:Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><span style="background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><span style="line-height:20px"><font size="1"><b>"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32</b></font></span><span style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><br></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>