Konza city dream takes shape as utility agencies hit the ground

Konza Techno City acting CEO Catherine Adeya and Dr Sammy Musyoka of the University of Nairobi School of Engineering at one of the beacons unveiled on Thursday. [PHOTO: TABITHA OTWORI/STANDARD]

Kenya’s journey to a regional technology hub is beginning to take shape with utility companies starting to lay infrastructure at the site of the proposed Konza technology city.

The Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) on Thursday said utility firms and roads authority have started putting in place infrastructure. The move could boost investor confidence in the proposed city. In the recent past, there have been reports of alleged corruption in the acquisition of the land as well as border disputes between Machakos and Makueni county governments over whose jurisdiction the city would fall once in place.