<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><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="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;">GG<br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;">Thanks for sharing. <br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;">Listers, even the best-laid plans can miss their targets. I'd rather we discuss:-<br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;">1. What went wrong.<br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;">2. What are the lessons to be learned.<br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;">3. Can the project get back on track? <br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;">4. Has it gone wrong? How long does it take to build a new city?<br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;">Regards<br></div><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_signature"><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-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;"><b><span class="font" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;">Ali
Hussein</span></span></b><br></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;"><span class="font" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;">Digital Transformation</span></span><br></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span>T<span class="size" style="font-size:13px;">el: +254 713 60<span class="size" style="font-size:13px;">1113</span></span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></span></span><br></p><div><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"></span></span></span><br></div><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span style=""><span class="font" 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-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"></span></a></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"></span></span></span><br></p><p style="font-size:small;margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position-x:initial;background-position-y:initial;background-repeat-x:initial;background-repeat-y:initial;"><span style="color:black;"><span class="font" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="size" style="font-size:9pt;"></span></span></span><br></p><div><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><br><span class="size" 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 style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;"></span></span></span><span style=""><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;"></span></span> <span style=""><span class="font" 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 class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 7:32 PM Grace Githaiga via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color: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 class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" 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 class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" 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 class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" 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 class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" 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 class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:21px;"></span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243, 247, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" 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 class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" 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 class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:21px;"></span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243, 247, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:21px;">...</span></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(243, 247, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" 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 class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:21px;"> ...</span></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(243, 247, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" 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 class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:21px;"></span></span></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243, 247, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"GT Sectra", serif;"><span class="size" 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. 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