However sweet the masterplan reads...I think we need a lot more than the plan to ensure this project becomes a success....the involvement of different players with critical roles will ensure its success or death...someone once said that an "elephant is a rat built to Govnt specifications". Proposal righting is a full time paying job...and we have spin masters who can do a spectucular job... See the players and you will realise they might just have different viewpoints and goals so to speak... From Kibaki's legacy of putting up first class infrastructure, it serves his tenure right that this noble idea picks up...the successor has the uphill task..... Current PS - Bitange Ndemo's acumen in matters ICT is undisputable....this is Ndemo the individual...of whom I am certain scoring political points probably have no space in his thoughts and plans...his optimism is what we need for technological developments rare in the 3rd world.... From an Investors point of view - the very IT/ICT giants targeted, a SWOT and PEST - Political, Econimic, Social and Tech analysis will carry the day any time to make them see the opportunity as worth exploiting. Political stability ranks highly for them....my opinion...a simple goof and we are stuck with the plan.... One dangerous point of view is that of the land dealers...they are the smartest...they do their sw*O*t analysis in a rather biased manner....and make hay when the sun still shines...to them Opportunity comes first! Nonetheless, the only way out is to ensure the different players appreciate the plan as is....Politicians should know their delicate role in ensuring investment opportunities are not thrown out of the window....and we might just need to clone Ndemo - pun intended! Dan O.Kwach. On 1/28/2013 4:19 PM, Kinuthia Ngugi wrote:
Ni wangapi wamesoma ruwaza rasmi ya Konza City? I thought so. If you look at the Konza Masterplan, it talks about all these things you have stated in way of infrastructure, but they are planned /in phases!/. What the president broke ground on is just the start of infrastructure development, the city is envisaged to take about 20yrs, thats why Kibaki insisted that day that the next president to continue vivyo hivyo!! As someone said, Rome wasnt built in day and with the right leadership this things can easily become reality. Even Thika Rd was said to be a pipe dream when the plans first came out, a short few yrs ago.
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com <mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com>> wrote:
@Joram
If the government's view is that Nairobi is irredeemable them we are lost!
Every major City - London, New York, Tokyo, Madrid has precisely the same problems that Nairobi had at some point. They wisely decided to fix the problems they were having rather than trash it and start afresh!
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Joram Mwinamo <joram.mwinamo@gmail.com <mailto:joram.mwinamo@gmail.com>> wrote:
Many seem to believe the sentiments you have listed but i think it comes more from our distrust for the government(and impending elections) than the fact that a city can be built from scratch. I have had this argument with many who say that Konza will be a white elephant. what they however need to study is how similar projects have been done around the world from south korea(8 smart cities) ,to malaysia,to singapore , to china and closer to home egypt.
what the government is saying in short is "Nairobi is already messed up beyond repair, we are giving you a chance to invest in an ideal city and giving you incentives to do the same" .they are saying this to both locals and internationals. Internationals seem to be listening more.
As with anything else I could be wrong but if im right, a lot of people will be kicking themselves in the foot in 2017 for not going in, and if im wrong, well.....life goes on and a few very rich organisations lose a small part of their investment. i believe the former will be the case.
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Kevin Omondi <kevin.ouma@gmail.com <mailto:kevin.ouma@gmail.com>> wrote:
This weekend I was excited chating with someone from an International Tech company about the new opportunities in Konza Silicon Savannah.
He however asked me a question that got me thinking.
If you were to go set up a campus today in Konza where would you start. What he was saying is that the government should have first put up the infrstructure i.e roads, water, sewage connectivity and then invited investors to come in otherwise it is a piped dream.
In other words, by the time Kibaki was breaking ground all these needed to have been in place.
What are your thoughts, how can this be made to work quickly.
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