Konza Technopolis Dream: Why is Kenya still borrowing billions for the project?

Konza Technopolis dream: Why is Kenya still borrowing billions of shillings for a project that was to be completed by 2019?

[@Hill.3669]

My standing theory is that this is a money laundering/eating scheme for the executive. It's now been nearly 11 years with nothing to show apart from an administration block and approximately 60 kilometers of tarmacked road.

[@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk]

I concur.

[@mwaurakinyanjui-tf4mx]

If you want to know the truth you look at actual money allocation vs what has been built. The truth is the government hasnt allocated much to this project which in my opinion is a good thing since it lacks any economical merit.

[@williamwatitwa3534]

Yeah , a water treatment plant , a data center, a power sub station underground utilities , an post graduate university but no its a money laundering scheme

[@johnchege5794]

horizontal infrastructure and vertical infrastructure .understand the difference

[@mwaurakinyanjui-tf4mx]

@@johnchege5794 Am wondering who needs understanding here, the government is to put up horizontal development and which it has already done some roads, power and sanitation systems while private sector was to do most of vertical development and which none has been done so far except some sections of KAIST, police HQ and data center. The total amount of money spent in Konza is just a few billion shillings, projects are funded from government's consolidated funds and its easy to see how much by looking at national budget, like in this year budget the allocation is only 5.2 billion to expand the data center.

[@ekm4881]

Konza collapsed courtesy of the two ICC fugitives, one who created a culture of borrowing and looting everything and the other one currently lying, overborrowing, over looting and overtaxing.

[@ambrosewanjohi4592]

you need to visit Konza , The infrastructure on phase 1 is complete . They have even constructed underground train tunnel .

[@fanatic6977]

@@ambrosewanjohi4592 after 11 years

[@StephenMumbwani]

@@fanatic6977 becouse Ihuru was working to counter the project with kenyata family own city. 10 years we were on pose its now that we have started moving.

[@chomasensi]

@@ambrosewanjohi4592A drop in the ocean of billions borrowed and looted with nothing to show for it after 11 years, Uhuru and Ruto’s legacy of wizi wa mali ya uma inaendelea.

[@mfalmegreatness5482]

​@@ambrosewanjohi4592Wait, is the underground train tunnel true?

[@jeffchurum1431]

If Kibaki appeared today he would be a very dissapointed man. Rest in peace the best president ever of all time.

[@barygarcia3128]

That fool failed to cure tribalism

[@Firestarter001]

​@@barygarcia3128that "fool" shaped Kenya in ways you can't begin to imagine.

[@chomasensi]

Tribalism isn’t going to be cured by any president, if the population are tribalistic fools the way Kenyans are then nothing can change that

[@mariadigne5346]

Worst, tribal asf

[@skyshooter4009]

Kibaki was extremely corrupt. What are you on about?

[@cornliusbiwott6188]

The world has move on. The idea of a big corporate office is long gone. Konza will end up being apartment blocks

[@juliusmaranga-zh6be]

That's what Uhuru and Ruto wanted but there's lots of international consequences if they rescind on the commitment.thats the biggest hurdle so far

[@jameskamotho7513]

I think so too. It should become another city centred on manufacturing since that can't be done online...

[@felixdatche9278]

Far from it, I could give you a thousand corporate bodies, esp of the tech kind, that are building new huge corporate offices. Some of you just feed off newsbytes without undertaking your own research...hence spewing such nonsense.

[@denisouncho2513]

11 years with only one block of construction to show for😢

[@fileremoval478]

we can all agree that we want Kenya to be a great country. I am 100% Kenya will be great very soon if we continue pushing it in the right direction.

[@Avaricumstudios]

Silicon valley took like 40 years to really catch on, you expected it to happen in 10 years? The reality is the Konza idea is still growing ,I know ,I've worked there...but that doesn't make a very good news story does it ? I'm sure such news reports were written about silicon valley in it's early stages ,the pessimists listened and it validated them but the optimists bought land , 40 years later the grandchildren of the optimists aren't the ones making memes of 'my grandfather dancing as his agemates bought land in silicon valley' , this will be the story of Konza, Konza is not dead, far from it ,especially with the construction of the dualing of the Mombasa road and Nairobi expressway

[@anthonymaina2215]

Stop guessing about how Silicon Valley was built! You are just caressing your guilt as a Kenyan 😂😂Konza is going to be a white elephant project if we keep on the same trajectory! Again the story of Mombasa road dual carriage way is not new! It started with Kibaki government. Kenyans just get promises from politicians who never fulfill them..

[@Avaricumstudios]

@@anthonymaina2215 we shinda apo ,watu wakitafuta tender na shamba Konza we kazi ni kucomplain na kusema , i ni Kenya

[@anthonymaina2215]

@@Avaricumstudios no time for cheap arguments!

[@jameskamotho7513]

You should push for the expansion of the road to commuting from Nairobi. I think that would help...

[@jameskamotho7513]

​@@anthonymaina2215Our population is projected to reach 70-90million in 25 years, ceteris peribus. Nairobi will likely expand in that direction and become an Asia-like megacity. Don't focus on government, but on demographic trajectory. If you have money invest. If you don't, nyamaza...

[@dylankanyubi3700]

Haya, lets be patient, kazi bado inaendelea huko. It will take time, I dont think it will be done in 6 years time by 2030, but there will be tremendous progress. Niko chanya sana, I'm very positive.

[@RadioSharkofficialKenya]

Uhuru Kenyatta is the one who killed this dream

[@dylankanyubi3700]

Walaa, with Northlands ama?

[@RadioSharkofficialKenya]

@@dylankanyubi3700 yes

[@karanjajoseph8914]

Atleast he did all horizontal infrastructure

[@McJunior-n2k]

​@@karanjajoseph8914yeah, a useless one rn

[@brosteve-qu2cj]

This thing has been neglected for long,,juzi ndioo tafauti imeanza kuonekana

[@safarigroupltd]

We need more of these kind of presentations by Millennials and Gen zs. We are tired of boomers doing things the old way which is kinda boring

[@Stephen12.]

This is an eatery joint where crooks & thieves are having self-service. 😮

[@crispuskasanga8487]

CAUSE KONZA IS LOCATED AT OPPOSITION ZONE UKAMBANI.THEY KNOW IT VERY WELL

[@williamwatitwa3534]

And its the government that chose ukambani you realize that?

[@toniokats5601]

​@@williamwatitwa3534then the region was not in opposition.

[@williamwatitwa3534]

@@toniokats5601 the reason wht that place was chosen is because land its cheap, low population density and virgin land easy to develop , closer to the capital

[@alloicesidika5044]

Kenya wasn't ready for such project then. This is project of Gen z. We need more young people into STEM programs for konza to be successful. Konza is moving on well as per my opinion. TATU CITY-is moving on well as per opinion

[@our10picks18]

If you were to ask me I’d say we’d rather abandon Konza city and instead direct all resources towards Special Economic Zones like Dongo Kundu, Naivasha and the rest coz they’ll be the biggest and fastest catalysts in ensuring Kenya rises to become an industrial and manufacturing hub and as a result increasing our exports tenfold! And that means more jobs for Kenyans, and an accelerated economic growth too! As for technology, Kenya is already known as a tech and innovation powerhouse in the continent! We can instead use upper hill as the tech hub and continue innovating from there! Plus the 100,000 km of fiber optic being built together with over 1400 ICT hubs in the country should be enough to ensure we remain at the forefront of technology and innovation in Africa! Just my take ✌️

[@Firestarter001]

Good thing you aren't among decision makers in Kenya because that would be a stupid thing to do. Konza is a key economy driver, the only project that comes close to its potential is lappset

[@our10picks18]

@@Firestarter001 And for how long will we have to wait for Konza to become an economy driver as you purport? 🙄 The city has been asleep ever since its inception way back in 2009 and even today it’s still an endless expanse of nothingness! Lol 😏

[@Firestarter001]

@@our10picks18 the horizontal infrastructure which is extremely critical is 90% done, during Floods did you hear of flooding in konza? That's because the infrastructure is world class. Phase 1 is almost complete then the second phase is building vertical infrastructure which is not a that difficult. Konza is one of the things that we're getting right as a country but Kenyans with their usual nonsense will oppose it same way they opposed thika Rd, expressway and many other projects. What you're doing is typical of any other clues less Kenyan, exposing their ignorance.

[@jameskamotho7513]

You are right. Better yet, add a special economic zone close by since there's land there...

[@modenasayi]

lol

[@bcmtv39]

Kenyans are still paying taxes for it even people who will never benefit from it. A total injustice to many Kenyans who are paying for it.

[@nicholaskambala5685]

You should have gone and interviewed the CEO, or even just take a tour of the place.. to see the scale of works and the thought behind everything.. to better inform the public. This information piece does not elaborate the work, that the govt has done over the years in Konza. It is one of the things the govt has done right.

[@Hill.3669]

"scales of work" it has taken 11 years and 1.4 trillion of public money to tarmac narrow stretches of road on an uninhabited plot of land twice the size of Karura forest. Why are you trying to justify mediocrity?

[@reignmuzeiya7432]

​​@@Hill.3669love this! Sense and facts should be the modus oprandi.

[@mwaurakinyanjui-tf4mx]

@@Hill.3669 very little allocation to this project, may be 4 billion at best

[@sjsm8578]

​@@mwaurakinyanjui-tf4mx 1:39 funding was never the issue

[@aheudit]

You are correct the one thing?

[@Thekingsfamily1823]

This project to be handled by military it will be done in 5 years 💯

[@pinchesmbuche4354]

Nope it's private project t the government has finished its job

[@agriculture_munyendo]

This is a great analysis

[@McJunior-n2k]

While Nairobi is still crumbling, they are busy spending on a world class technopolis of which we don't know if it'll ever run 🤔 despite the debt crisis, corruption, mismanagement of funds, uninformed leaders and the growing costs of building materials 🤦

[@wisdomkitheka7932]

7 million dollars converted to ksh will be 900 million ksh not 500 billion do you research properly

[@abdiazizhashi451]

In Turkey that has had earth quake in Feb 2023 last year, the other comemoration of earthquake in Feb 2024, 540,000 people survived from the earthquake were living in new built housing units made ready within 12 months. This Konza project is money loundry spot.. Im afraid Konza will end up being apartment blocks

[@davidserem8060]

The reporter must be proud of himself after doing a shallow one sided thing. Of course he's just amplifying what the owner wants you to hear

[@aliabdi8347]

This konza project will going to be the biggest skandale in kenyan's history

[@mwaurakinyanjui-tf4mx]

This project should have never be started at all, it lacks economic merit hence lack of interest from successive governments, even during Kibaki era nothing was built, lets accept its a misguided project that should never have initiated at first place, lets concentrate on decent affordable housing in Nairobi's slums than on lofty and irrelevant "technopolis".

[@simonmulandi7412]

This is vision 2030 project

[@rehemaali2687]

😅😅😅😅

[@4806lency]

Kibaki is turning on his grave right now

[@bkhigh1294]

I still see buildings almost 2meters from roads we just cant learn

[@malcolmodoy2651]

Yet taxes are increasing and yet they are still borrowing 😮

[@77vik]

You do realize that cities are not cheap to build, or have a 'completion date.'

[@wordsof_hope]

GOOD PROGRESS

[@Victor62.]

Foundation is hardest

[@georgendiga]

Corruption, food big than mouth, we needed irrigation and for export first tea, avacado, coffee etc

[@pinchesmbuche4354]

Uhuru never saw the dream the way kibaki did Ruto is better . Rwanda has started its. The multinationals are seeing the same too. IThey can still burrow the money and never reach here like Euro bond.kimorer

[@pinchesmbuche4354]

@itsTheTruthTeller why

[@Firestarter001]

@itsTheTruthTeller ruto is pushing for konza, what do you think the silicone savanna is?

[@pinchesmbuche4354]

The vertical strucher was supposed to be set by you and me Google x Facebook are not government. Gorverment is horizontal strucher

[@paubravo]

the outro is dope💀💀

[@rykimmy_3331]

Audio issues here

[@aheudit]

It took 40 years because they had to work on the technology the implement. Now the technology is there, its only implementation. 40 years ago, we had no cellphones? Now we do. Think twice man.

[@njuguna-mtalii]

Wamehujumu mali ya uma.

[@enterpreneur9738]

Just look up the CEO. Enough said.

[@georgegg1079]

Should be turned into post independence city

[@ndungndun9283]

Uhuru sold it to china/ huwaei

[@BoazKiriama-do3xy]

Nkt, when did Huawei buy Konza

[@omwami360]

$7 million is very little

[@michaelotieno6524]

I think he meant 7 Billion USD

[@mkenyamzalendo4130]

Not sure if it’s 78Km i thought its 64

[@moodsawa]

Kibaki bought konza land at a cosr of 1 billion😂😂

[@bjornbjorncoolest7654]

Because the finance bill ili anguka sai ni deni tuta chukua

[@briant5685]

Na vile tunapenda kujigamba ati giants of east and central africa okay sisi ndio giant wakubwa among all other poor neighbours juu sisi ni maskini tusidanganyane

[@user_4046]

Suluhu amejenga reli ya electric train toka Dar hadi Dodoma within 2 years of her first term in office. And it is way better than our SGR. When I saw that one, I knew Kenya is a joke.

[@Alicia-eh7uu]

Numbers don't lie, gdp and gdp per capital affirms kenya as an African giant.

[@tigrisdunn1590]

Sounds like we need to be out with the old and in with the new bc the current heads are holding everything back

[@Heretoannoy-k7b]

Why are they still borrowing? Really 😏

[@felixdatche9278]

Buana you cannot boldly state that $7 million is the equivalent of 588bn Kshs...you need to refine your scripts to eliminate such goofs. Accuracy of reporting, esp basing on facts abit common to many (this isn't an investigative piece), is what gives you credibility. Konza has lost momentum but it can still achieve something, just not the intended ideas.

[@tomringa5883]

To me it was always a scam, this investment should have been taken to Naivasha or Nakuru and upgraded those towns big time, why build a city in the middle of nowhere?

[@Alicia-eh7uu]

60 km from Nairobi is nothing close to in the middle of no where, jkia is only 40 km always as well as mombasa road and sgr pass through konza and there is space for expansion unlike nakuru, well if this project was to be called off we better focus on dogo kundu economic zone at the cost.

[@Know_it302]

You love yourself too much and that is being greedy. Let other regions develop also , everything can not be taken to your region.

[@Yourunclestoenail]

Nakuru and naivasha should be Agricultural lands. They should invest agriculture there

[@ronaldosiomi7698]

You said 78km it's 38

[@kennedybalozi3638]

Sina usemi

[@acholadaniel]

Hii ni Project ya kuchoma pesa...

[@harlemlewa4882]

Ati why cant yiu see its use...clueless journalist

[@kinterest1562]

Stop lies, no city can be built on $7mil.

[@laotzu4210]

😂😂😂