Las Vegas, Silicon Valley, Malibu. What game was the American gov't playing? By and large.

@mkeiyd -pardon my skeptism, it's just that during election year there are soo many money making ventures thrown in the pan and always/ most of the time leaves kenyans with burnt figures.. a typical example is the many pyramid schemes which manifested in 2007, recently the sms lotteries (now banned) which were all over. In my own view the timing is very wanting!

So would you rather we waited till 2030 for LAPSSET to completed before beginning new projects? That would be myopic at best. It does not mean there are no risks in these projects, I am sure they are a legion, but they are worth taking. As long as it is private money being invested, there will be some favors serves a la Turkana oil and Wetangula. But I still think we must undertake these projects if Kenya is to be taken seriously. You still haven't mentioned the Mombasa-Busia standard gauge rail project which I think is long overdue

I think it's about time such developments are kick-started, I just wish the stench of scandals and scams did not overpower the will for greater good...sigh....

I think you are a very optimistic person...If they can lose 8 fire engines, what about 8 cities?

@panomaz. I would want to pardon your skepticism, but you see, these projects were not mooted in 2012,which is the election year,some go back more than three decades ago. Unscrupulous people are part and parcel of the society. Those pyramid schemes were one of those. That in itself doesn't stop the whole country from moving forward. Scandals are everywhere,all the time.First world , third world and any other "worlds" out there.