At a Konza City briefing some months ago, the Kengen MD said they have an energy plan for the city. Forgot the specifics.

My speculation (this is not what the Kengen MD said) coal mining in Eastern Kenya is going to contribute to powering Konza City.

Some Water Authority was there too - talking about supply of water and if I remember well there was also talk of hydro power.

Whether Foreigners show up at Konza City or not is immaterial to some of us. They will value add if they do show up. We need to provide a good working environment for Kenyan Technologists. We do not have to build good things just to attract Foreigners. We are the ones living in Kenya. We can love ourselves too.

Being 60 Km away from Nairobi City - 20 minutes by train -- Konza City will intitally feed off the Nairobi Metropolitan Area (over 50% of the Kenyan economy at the moment). It also happens to be on Mombasa Rd too and can become a Tourist Point too.

In 2007, Eastern Kenya was generally innocent of ethnic cleansing, though they will become more hostile with the influx of ''outsiders".

http://www.the-star.co.ke/national/national/58176-cement-company-secretly-acquired-44000-acres-in-kitui-claims-ngilu

Other Technology Parks should be planned / developed to serve Firms wishing to locate in parts of Kenya not too hostile to them.

Final note below:

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:36 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
 
Strathmore University on the other hand went for the LEED certification right from design stage, please send me the section in the Konza master plan where LEED certification is mentioned as a requirement?  We both listened to the presentation about Hydrabad and the issues that arose relating to its development how they where handled, why is it that you refuse to carry out a SWOT analysis on the Konza project?  We need to move beyond dreaming towards the reality that is the Kenya we have. 


I approached Paul Kukubo at the Konza City briefing to ask about Local Universities. Strathmore University was the only one he mentioned as meeting the criteria they have set for Konza City.