Everyday there's news of a new project or investor.
We all know that every investor has his own objectives and requirements for his projects. This means a large cadre of government officials supplemented by expatriates is needed just to manage the investor projects.

I am no expert that is why I ask.

Do we have the ability to cope with so many mega projects at once? Energy,manpower etc or are we going to see an influx of foreigners coming to help us build? just to mention a few we all know.

1. 200b Tatu city
2. 800b Konza city
3. 6b Isiolo resort city
4. International airport in Isiolo
5. Region's anti-terror centre
6. Lapsset project-Under the plan,the region will have railway lines, highways, oil pipelines, airports and resort cities.
7. $775 million Lake Turkana Windpower project.
8. Coal to be mined at Kitui where deposits are said be among the largest in the world.

and many more.

I feel like we have A LOT in our hands as a country but less time if they decide to engage the same people (based on qualifications) to manage or work in the projects.
Are citizens up for the challenge esp the idle youths in rural areas? I think Kenya needs to prepare its citizens for the developments or else most of the work will be taken by foreigners leaving kenyans to provide cheap labour that will only last as long as the projects.

I heard one karua say there's nothing wrong with projects but the speed at which we are rushing to implement them is worrying.

Your views please?

Probably we would worry about those projects being funded by the government and there is no proper handing over to the next government.

The said projects have little to do with elections.
How many elections are there between 2012 & 2030?
When was Vision 2030 mooted? 2012?
Tatu & Turkana Wind power are private entities,gov't involvement is to the extend of governance/regulation.
Isiolo Resort city is a designation of the Isiolo area,the investors will be private entities.Think Jeju Resort Island.
The projects falling squarely on gov't hands are manageable once the contractors are identified.
UAE has done so much with a fraction of our schooled population.
Let's not set our targets too low, or be afraid of thinking big.
Parkinson's Law.

Don't think Big. Think BIGGEST!!!

With proper planning and management, we can manage. We have so many idle Kenyans. Don't we have 40+ ministries? If you ask me, we should be having 40+ mega projects if each of the ministries is to justify it's existence.

We have been spending loads of cash on recurrent expenditure and it is very refreshing to see money going to capital expenditure! Now we just need controls to keep corruption at bay and to ensure proper SWOT analysis and cost/benefit analysis has been done.

@essyk - If you look at the projects you've listed what are the roles of Ministry of Agriculture, Education, Health/Medical services etc. Should they just wait until these projects are finished to roll out theirs?

IMHO, these projects are manageable all of them if our systems perform optimally and proper management is done on them. Off-course there may be burn-ups in the supply side if there is to be a lot of over-laps as projects compete for raw materials.

Of-course our worry should be the publicly funded projects