THE STANDARD HOME & AWAY Ongoing construction works at Konza. [Courtesy] The county governments of Machakos, Makueni and Kajiado have suspended the issuance of new development permits around the Konza Technopolis area. In a joint statement, the counties said the permits fall in the area falling within the ten-kilometer radius dubbed ‘Konza Planning Zone’. The suspension takes effect immediately and will last for 90 days. The decision was reached to enable a newly constituted Inter-County Joint Physical and Land Use Planning Committee to develop a plan to provide guidelines and standards for regulation of land use practices and general development within the zone.