Nairobi County Senator Edwin Sifuna is demanding the reopening of Uhuru Park, questioning the delay months after the renovations were concluded.
The Senator wrote to Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, questioning the underlying issues that had led to the delay in reopening the park for public access.
He noted that he has received numerous complaints from the public over the closure.
“Close to four months later the facility remain inaccessible, occasioning great inconvenience to the residents of Nairobi and to the thousands of visitors the city receives on a daily basis.”
Uhuru Park and Central Park were closed to the public in February 2022 by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) to rehabilitate, with the devolved unit committing to open the facility in December 2023.
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Further, Sifuna also sought answers on whether the public facility was handed over to Nairobi County after the defunct NMS's renovation in conjunction with the military.
As of October last year, works at Uhuru Park were said to have been completed.
Uhuru Park was briefly opened in December 2023 to enable Kenyans who hadn’t traveled upcountry for the festivities to access the entertainment park.
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja had said the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) were finalizing a few renovations, anticipating the park would be opened by April 2024.
