Hello Dear Wazuans.
I am looking for advice on Konza City. I want to buy land and build at a later stage. Land that its value will grow with time. Is it a good investment? Will Konza City really come to light? Are there any land in and around Nairobi that I could consider? Thank you in advance for your advice. I have been a silent member here at Wazua reading all the advices and warnings coming from fellow posters and I have learnt a lot.

This is what you do if you want to buy land:

1.Visit the area, see the developments in the general area, talk to locals on history and likely future of the area;

2. Visit physical planning office, check the master plan of the area ... zoning and density restrictions, main infrastructure works, public utilities etc. This will help you to narrow down on location of you investment whether agricultural, commercial, residential or industrial;

3. Get in touch with land sellers e.g land companies, agents, lawyers for details of parcels on sale;

4. Due your due diligence on the parcels on offer i.e is the title good? freehold or leasehold? any encumberances (charges to the bank) or wayleaves by Kenya Power/ National/County government? vacant or occupied? outstanding rents and rates? The seller should be able to provide documents on these matters.

5. Visit the shortlisted parcels look at general topology i.e is the area flat, hilly, rocky, swampy? This will enable you to narrow down your search to most suitable parcel. Real estate is about location, location, location.

6. Agree price and terms with seller, sign sale agreement prepared by lawyers, arrange for completion i.e exchange of purchase price and the documents of title for transfer.

When in doubt, always consult with professionals like lawyers, physical planners and land economics.

Save your money buy better places. Konza is a white elephant in all it's glory. It will never pick up as silicon valley and I don't know which techies would want to live there. It's a vanity project for idle GoK bureaucrats.

Those saccos are just selling you a dream. A very expensive dream

@Country Girl:
1. Follow the steps I highlighted above if you want to invest successfully.
2. There are many know-it alls but most can't tell you the extend of the city or how far it is in the implementation process.

3. There are many opportunists. Some people will sell you land "in" Konza city then you will realize the land is 100km away or that you are being sold land already zoned for roads or sewer works.

So this sidai land is huko interior 10km from konza and sgr? Those must be the areas one sees zebras and wildebeests grazing.

hehehehe Kitengela CBD had zebras nearby a mere 25 years ago. In fact in estates that border old metre gauge, an occasional zebra or other wild animal has been known to wander by and cause havoc once in a long while. Hata Kisaju, 5km in you see herds upon herds of zebra and dik dik so this is nothing unusual in dustbowl. What surprises me is the local maasai seldom slaughter these animals for meat even during drought. They really are one with nature. Ubaya their goats, zebus and kondoos are the ones that wreak havoc all over the place. If it was not for their animals finishing all the grass and not giving tree seedlings room to grow, dustbowl would be a forest...as seen by "reclaimed" estates which are thriving with lots of green trees that will soon give Ngong competition.

🤣 Thanks for the chuckle!

I'll read up on them, Mugunda man.

Am sorry it doesn't work like that.

I do not know you.

I currently work in one of the technology cities in the world right now.

And when i tell you it doesn't work like that I know what am talking about but I will not argue with you.

Good, don't just argue ovyo ovyo, give your points, some have said this is a white elephant, some think it is a place for assembling samsung phones, or coding for american firms the way wahindis do, or just narrowly copying what others are doing ni kama konza ni exhibition halls zaa tom mboya street, peyana mawazo zako, and lets see if you will enter konza before me, i can bet 1 million Kes. Payable by december, put your money where your mouth is or give your opinion.