Governor Sakaja declares free access to renovated Uhuru Park, IDs required
Sakaja outlined plans for a management system to maintain order and security within the park.
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Thursday detailed how Kenyans will access Uhuru Park free of charge.
“Uhuru Park’s renovation is complete and will be available to the public free of charge. Earlier, there were proposals to charge Nairobians to use Uhuru Park,” he said
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“Remembering the number of times that jobless people would go there at lunchtime to eat an air fryer burger as you listen to a pastor, lie on the grass as you think about your problems, would not allow me to charge a shilling on Kenyans who want to use Uhuru Park,” Sakaja added.
The governor made these remarks during his state-of-the-county address at the Nairobi County Assembly.
Expanding on the arrangements, Sakaja outlined plans for a management system to maintain order and security within the park.
Residents will be asked to deposit their National Identity Cards for security purposes and to discourage loitering.
“When you come in, you will be able to leave your ID for us to make sure that the security knows who is coming there so that we can also not have the wrong people lazing around in that place,” Sakaja noted.
The governor stated that the park will be manned by inspectorate officers together with the National Police.
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