Nairobi Metropolitan Services(NMS) has disclosed that the public will access Uhuru Park in February 2022 after renovations have been completed.
According to NMS head of communications, Tony Mbarine the park had been outdated for too long and needed a facelift.
"A lot of things were not working, and we are just doing what should have been done a long time ago. By February 2022, they will be open as very beautiful parks," Mbarine stated.
Uhuru Park was closed after the Nairobi County assembly approved the decision to hand the park a facelift.
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A motion tabled in the assembly to temporarily close the park was supported by Majority leader Abdi Guyo and Minority leader Micheal Ogada.
“We will give them the three months to renovate the place but they should not fence off the place and then disappear,” Ogada said.
A section of Kenyans had expressed concerns that the Uhuru Park land had been leased to a private investor.
Former MP Kabando wa Kabando tweeted," Iconic Uhuru Park pavilion demolished. No public hearings for historic features to be removed. It's the only free park in Nairobi, Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai protected from Moi's grabbers. Uhuru Gardens also taken. Is President Uhuru confusing public 'INDEPENDENCE' names?.
Senator Kipchumba Murkomen tagged State House and asked, "Is it true that State House and NMS have demolished the Uhuru Park pavilion and leased the area to Saudi Arabian Company to build Hotel and Car Park?.
