Hi Daktari, Sorry for being blunt, but I strongly believe you live in utopia, unless you are planning to bring expatriate town planners, city engineers and cabinet secretaries then Konza will be built and maintained in the same way as Nairobi and other local buildings and establishments. See below the picture of a fire hydrant in Nairobi opposite City Hall, this is to dispute your claim that we do not have fire hydrants but what we have is blocked and none functional fire hydrants among many other facilities.     With issue of 75% of jobs in a county must be filled by locals then we expect Konza to suffer from worse problems than cosmopolitan Nairobi. Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "bitange@jambo.co.ke" <bitange@jambo.co.ke> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Sunday, 26 February 2012, 19:03 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Looking back at Konza Treasury could not fund the project because the incentives were not spelt out in the Finance Bill.  We were to incentify organizations that moved their businesses to Kenya.  All they needed was to cover their migration by footing a six month rent.  We had practically secured about 6,000 seats out of India. Some of the larger enterprises keen on Kenya are still looking for accomodation.  They have given Sameer Park what they want and if the modifications are done, they would move in.  Even us we were under the assumption that every building that comes up adheres to the Building code. This does not happen. They do not take security of the wokers seriously.  You have seen how the fire Brigade struggles to get water to the fire incidences.  Mordern cities have fire hydrants on every access road.  They have fire detectors, fire sprinklers in every floor and above all sufficient number of toilets. We still assume that some of us would use the fast disappearing bush to answer calls of nature.  The state in Nairobi is pathetic.  I see it in Telcom Towers wher sometimes people literally queue to use the toilet.  We have forgotten that when the International Life Houese cought fire in its 9th floor, people were rescued by helicopters as it lacked alternative fire escape.  Most International organizations have since left the building.  We must embrace International Standards if we have to be competitive.  Since all these requirements are in the Building Codes, we need better enforcement.  Not just the Government, we all must demand that these codes are followed.  We simply take too many risks. Enough for now. Ndemo.