On 31st May, President Uhuru Kenyatta officially commissioned the Uhuru Gardens National Monument and Museum on Lang'ata Road, Nairobi City County, ahead of the Madaraka Day national celebrations at the same venue, as reported on 31st May 2022.
President Kenyatta, accompanied by his visiting Sierra Leone counterpart Julius Maada Bio, made an extensive tour of the ultra-modern museum developed by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).
Uhuru Gardens is Kenya's largest Memorial Park, declared a National Monument in 1966, marking the place where the first Kenyan flag was raised on 12th December 1963, marking the country's first year of independence.
The facility is set to act as an archive of Kenya's history since 1800.
