Kenya's one trillion dollars future city being an East African nation with an Indian Ocean Coast Kenya includes the Magnificent Great Rift Valley lakelands Savannah and mountainous Highlands.Additionally, animals like lions,elephants and rhinos call it home. Safare is departing from Nairobi the nation's capital traveled to the Maasai Mara Reserve famous for its yearly migration of wilder beasts and amboseli National Park which offers views of tanzania's 5895 meter Mount Kilimanjaro. The nation is such a wonder and incredible tourist destination .
It is for this reason and more that the Kenyan government intends to construct Towns at technopolis formerly known as Konza Technology city, 64 kilometers south of Nairobi on the way to the port city of Mombasa. It is promoted as a major component of Kenya's Vision 2030 National development strategy. The project appears to be considerably behind schedule as of January 2019.Thanks for joining us in today's ride throughout Kenya to find out more about the Kenyan future city.
THE PLAN
The Kenyan government is promoting Konza technopolis as a business process Outsourcing BPO initiative through theKenya ICT board where African silicon Savannah begins is how they describe it.The konza information website states that the project hopes to draw businesses involved in business process Outsourcing software development data centers, disaster recovery centers, call centers and light assembly manufacturing.
It also plans to construct a University campus with a strong emphasis on research and Technology as well as hotels, residential areas schools and hospitals.
Additionally a science Park Convention Center, commercial centers, Hotels, International Schools and a medical facility are planned for the area.The project is planned to be built across 2,000 hectares of land straddling three Counties namely Machakos County, Makueni County and kajiado County, within a 10 kilometer buffer zone, 64 kilometers south of Nairobi on the way to the port city of Mombasa. An estimated 14.5 billion dollars or 1.2 trillion Kenyan shillings will be spent on it. It is promoted as a major component of Kenya's Kenya Vision 2030 National development strategy.
The strategy of the Project's design in July 2012 Master delivery partner 1 mdp1 was hired by the Kenyan Ministry of information and Communications and the international Finance Corporation IFC to create a thorough business plan and master plan for phase one. 22 firms responded to the expression of interest for this assignment and a short list of six was created.
The ministry and IFC chose the worldwide team of six firms headed by HR and a advisors Incorporated of New York City foreign advisors. Incorporated is a real estate and economic development consulting company with a focus on the implementation of sizable Master plans, creating the concept for the sales Pavilion and the Urban. Design for phase one is the architecture and planning firm shop architects an international strategy consulting company with a presence in Nairobi.
Dalberg Global development advisors offers guidance to the konza on economic strategy, tenant Outreach and organizational strategy. The local physical development plan for konza is being created by the nairobi-based physical planning company Center for Urban and Regional planning. Oz architecture is a design company that offers konza sustainable development tactics. Tetratech is a global provider of Engineering Services that is creating konza's infrastructure ideas. Dar al-handasa a Global Engineering Services provider offering construction Management Services, the development of the project, the canyon government and the Parliament account committee approved concept technopolis Deloitte and pal freshman. A design consultant with offices in the UK worked together to create the first feasibility and concept master plan which was paid for by the international Finance Corporation at that time the Project's scope was restricted to a 280 hectares, 700 Acres technology park with BPO slashing companies as its main tenants .
How freshmen suggested Konza Technology city during the feasibility study to increase the viability of the technology park as a tourist destination. The Kenyan government concurred and hired pal freshman to create a new master plan for a metropolis of 2,000 hectares, reasons why the project is taking longer than expected for African governments who are already battling to provide adequate roads, light, water and security to their existing cities, putting such idealistic plans into action is no simple undertaking according to Abdu nuand, a senior Urban specialist with the World Bank in Kenya creating a new city like konza is equally as critical as improving infrastructure in places like kibera slum in Nairobi to give water and a better sewage system.
Some detractors claim Konza was poorly planned from the beginning. Independent financial analyst Ali Khan sachu from Nairobi stated the vision is misguided the vision is too big. This location is really remote, the current infrastructure is not being utilized. It is presuming that you can involve corporate entities, Venture capitalists and Academia but tangent demo who led a team by conceptualized konza technopolis in 2008 said the first significant obstacle occurred in 2012 when the national land commission NLC which controls public land implemented a time-consuming land acquisition method. The process was Far slower than the previous one in which investors signed agreements directly with government Ministries who took care of land leases he claimed and the delays LED at least one contract with a German institution to fall through. In order to address this, the government gave the Konza technopolis Development Authority Cody day which was established in 2012 to coordinate the development of the newcity ownership of the site.
co-dda now leases land to investors for 50 years with the option to renew it also. A significant problem has been financing the government committed to funding 10 percent of Konzas infrastructure in its strategic plan. What the private sector contributing the other 90 to the construction of universities offices homes and hotels. Lauren Zach show one of kansa's project planners until 2013 stated that the government was hesitant to provide its share and has yet to approve a law to establish code D-Day as a legal company which would make it simpler to sign contracts with outside lenders as a smart City Kanza technopolis will collect information from implanted smart devices and sensors across the cityscape, E roadways and buildings. upon completion the Tetra Tech team will offer the design recommendations necessary for the implementation of smart data throughout the infrastructure system via a sophisticated communication system.
Software will analyze the save data.This real-time data will enhance features like sensors on the road that keep an eye on automobiles bikes and pedestrians allowing traffic lights to change to accommodate commuters as needed. Konza technopolis will directly serve its population as a sustainable Smart City by raising the standard of Municipal services to keep Pace with population growth.
WRITTEN BY SHARON
