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The shame of heroes crying for care in a sea of greedy souls

The filthy water below the Nyayo monument. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

Nairobi is increasingly becoming a city of monuments of shame and by extension, wasted public resources.

Only the Jomo Kenyatta monuments outside KICC and Parliament Buildings exhibit a semblance of care from city authorities. The statue outside the Supreme Court of the peeing naked boy donning a wig and clutching a fish to portray justice as naked and slippery as a fish has enjoyed reasonably good care from the Judiciary.

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