@jamplu..this is what i think should be done..correct me if i am wrong

1.Secure 5000 acres from the 14000 acres belonging to EAPCement next to Konza through ministry of industrialisation/ministry of land/ministry of information deal.

2.Recover the kes 1 billion tax payer money spent on buying the 5000 acre land at konza.

3.use the kes 1 billion to lay infrastructure on the new 5000 acre land.

4.Use local architects/financial advisors as opposed to the current london based architects.

5.Money saved by using local consultants can be used to repair and revamp fibre optic cable throughout kenya.

At the moment fibre optic cable internet in Kenya is slow/broken down. The money saved can renovate/revamp this .

How will the government manage to do this given that they had some issues with the majority shareholding of this company? Even if they werent, is it really possible to take some asset of a listed public company without the consent of the shareholders? Wouldn't that dilute the "value" of the share? Just thinking aloud. I could be wrong.

Today on K24 at 9.30pm (i think), there will be a documentary on Konza City.... am not privy to the contents but it could actually clear some of the questions/concerns raised.... or make them worse! Be sure to watch!

@Jamplu..are you in Nairobi? For the last 2 weeks, Internet has been slow and intermittent due to cable breakage at the coast. What i meant is for the saved money to go into ensuring Internet cables are immediately repaired when broken and to make substitutes when cables are broken.

@mrchr...or is it muchiri?......if you are in Nairobi at the moment, you will have noticed that for the last 2 weeks, only Safaricom internet has been reliable,most other providers have been down or slow and they say its coz of a cut cable at the coast.

The money saved on Konza can go a long way in ensuring that a country like Kenya aspiring to be a leader in ICT should never go for days without internet.

Again Wazuans can offer their ideas on what Ministry of Info can do to enable redundancy since even on this angle they still require help,judging from the last 2 weeks without internet.

My layman's idea is that The KES 1 Billion saved can go a long way to offer low interest emergency loans to the internet providers in case of cable cut for example-experts in ICT can give their ideas on how redundancy can be ensured...

On the EAPCement 14000 acre land, the title deed 99 year lease expired and is yet to be renewed. After lease expiry, its usually the prerogative of the Minister for Lands to do the following:
1.Renew the title as it is i.e 14,000 acres to EAPCement
2.Renew the title but reduce acreage by 5000 acres for ICT City
3.Re-allocate 14000 acres to public use e.g ICT City.

When a land has an expired title, it can not be encumbered with any loan,let alone the Japanese loan.
People have settled on around only 100 acres out of 14000 acres since the land is ownerless. 99% of the land is unsettled.

The KES 1 Billion that was paid to Malili farmers can be recovered by GOK selling back the land to buyers as per public procurement and disposal act.

@a4architect.com...am in nairobi and am also hating the slow internet but that was clearly an accident which the maritime authorities would have prevented if they offer clear guidelines to captains entering our coastline.

regarding EAPC land those invading the land know very well they are just wasting their time the days of groups invading land and claiming they lived there for generations are over.

Its part of Ministry of Info to endure redundancy. See Ndemo's address here on the issue

http://www.businessweek....ternet-links-after-cuts



The EAPCement 14000 acre land also has a railway line on it at the back. It is next to Konza and also fronts Mombasa road with Internet Cable.

The largest steel plant in Kenya,Devki sits on not more than 20 acres of land. EAPCement land is a whooping 14000 acres.

Am not opposed to the ICT City idea. Am only offering alternative cost saving ideas and am ready to support it if given solid reasons as to why the city is being executed this way instead of the way i have proposed.

Fortunately, i happen to have a good understanding on creating the Built Environment[Cities] hence will require a deeper argument to convince me that no other cost saving methods are available in creating a new city.

@selah..true..before Equity and Family Bank, banking was the preserve of the Muitinationals.

These banks should give local entrepreneurs the spirit to believe in themselves.

A few years ago i was working on a residential house project for a Zimbabewan in Bulawayo.
I mentioned to him that in kenya, locals build schools and hospitals as businesses.
He could not believe this since in his country, they all believe such large complicated businesses can only be run by Multinationals or the Govt.

A toddler, after some crawling, begins to attempt walking. It takes time before it can take one simple,full step. In between it tumbles but soldiers on.
Ultimately, it goes strong, it perfects, it can walk and sooner than later, it runs.
Let the toddler that is Kenya's ICT learn the ropes.
Constructive dialogue will keep the toddler under check.
It's impossible to start from perfection, but you pursue it.

@a4architect They are looking for a Master Delivery Partner....I ope you will be among the chosen. The change of location is not viable now, you. The ICT Economic Zone is in Konza.