@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.

@2012 I kind of agree with you very few Kenyan entrepreneurs believe in themselves that they can compete with global players....we have the capacity to grow global companies but the government in most cases the private sector tend to play second fiddle to the government.

For konza city to be realised the private sector need to drive it.Before Equity bank,faulu and Jamii bora entered the Market, Multinational and government banks impeded development with their skewed lending...once the Kenyan private sector takes the leading role Then development becomes automatic.

Looking at horticulture its a pity our biggest players are foreign,very few Kenyans have invested in this industry.Most of our skills are wasted in unchallenging employment.

We cant claim to be developed if our major exporters are foreigners..Konza need local entrepreneurs partnering with global players to make it our own and we cant do that by speculating on 1/8 plots at the outskirts of Konza city.