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Uhuru Park closed to public gathering until further notice

By COLLINS OMULO January 24th, 2018 1 min read

The county government of Nairobi has closed down Uhuru Park from the public with immediate effect.

According to a notice published in the local dailies on Wednesday, the county said that the famous park in the City Centre is scheduled to undergo improvements in a bid to enhance its usefulness to the visitors always frequenting it.

“Notice is hereby given to the general public that Uhuru Park Grounds is scheduled to undergo phased improvement works in order to enhance usefulness to its visitors.

“Consequently, the facility has been closed down to the public for any gatherings and meetings with effect from January 23, 2018 until further notice,” read in part the notice by acting County Secretary Leboo Ole Morintat.

BOOKED

The closure of the facility comes just days after the same ground had been booked by a group calling itself Nairobi Business Community ostensibly to carry out cultural rites on January 30, 2018.

The group’s chair Wilfred Kamau even told the media that they had been given a go ahead by the City Hall to hold their event at the venue and held a tour of the park on Tuesday.

Interestingly, it is the same venue where National Super Alliance (Nasa) was supposed to swear in their leaders – Raila Odinga and his deputy Kalonzo Musyoka on January 30, 2018 – a plan which has now been thrown into disarray.