Robert, Had we hired you as PCK Chief with this kind of pessimism, the organization will be on its knees. I see no reason for celebrating contradictions of our policy makers. We have traveled this road before and came through. You recall the registration of Teams that almost derailed the entire process.

Our culture lets us down in every aspect. We treasure negativity and pray that one falls in every positive step that is made. When Confucious said, ” a journey of 1,000 miles starts with one step”, he meant that that you should not look at the challenges of covering the 1,000 miles but the opportunities of moving at least one step. Yes we have seen white elephants but that does not mean we don’t try.

Two of the world’s outsourcing companies have been around searching for real estate to rent. Two months there is not one building in Nairobi that meets international standards. Large buildings have only one fire escape that if there was fire, people will die not from fire but because there is no exit. Just look at any ceiling to check if there are water sprinklers. Some fancy buildings have only one toilet in a floor that accomodates more than 300 people. I could say more..

Konza is not in any threat. This is our future where we shall create not only employment but a safe work environment. I would bet that Robert will be among the first to seek opportunities at Konza.

In the same paper that Robert extracted the Konza story from there was another story about the rise of rental cost in China. A clear opportunity for us to start offering affordable destination and making it competitive through partnership in capacity development (Read Carnigue Mellon University Partnership).

Honestly as liberal I have said to myself that I will never intervere with my daughter’s choice of boyfriend but if I find her with Robert’s son, I will talk her out of it. Robert if you continue like this, you will make a bad father in law.

Ndemo.