@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.
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