This archive report was first published on 26 November 2019.
Kenya's first presidential museum is set to be established at Jomo Kenyatta's rural home in Ichaweri Village, Gatundu South, Kiambu County.
The homestead, located along Kenyatta Road, boasts a unique V-shaped entrance and is a significant historical site.
On October 24, 1963, 600 school children were invited to the homestead, where they unanimously chose Kenya's national anthem after Cabinet ministers failed to select from three composed samples.
According to Mzaelendo Kibunja, CEO of the Kenyan Museums of Kenya, the museum will showcase the life and contributions of Jomo Kenyatta, from his birth to his death.
"It will be about His [Jomo's] contributions to the making of Kenya and some of the highlights about his life," Kibunja said in an interview with Mpasho.co.ke.
The family has set aside part of the land for the presidential library and museum and public policy institute.
"We're relocating one of the houses which he first occupied to the new location that has been set aside for the facility. It will be part of the attraction," Kibunja explained.
The current president is expected to establish a public policy institute adjacent to the museum, where researchers can go and do research on public policy in the country.
"Because of the lack of a presidential library in Kenya, where documents, images, and artefacts associated with the presidency are transferred, this is one of them," Kibunja said.
Published on November 26, 2019, in the Kenya Gazette, notice no 11054, the public archives and documentation service act, approved the home of the first president of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, at Ichaweri, Gatundu in Kiambu County as a permanent place of deposit of his historical records.
