3,000 bats invade recreational garden in Mombasa

Hundreds of bats hang on trees at Uhuru Garden in Mombasa County. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

A colony of an estimated 3,000 bats has invaded Mombasa’s Uhuru Garden that is adjacent to the famous prototype tusks along Moi Avenue.

The National Museums of Kenya (NMK), which owns the facility, said the number of bats had increased in the last five years.