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Uhuru Park cries for attention as county looks the other way

A monument at Uhuru Park filled with rain water. [David Njaaga, Standard]

It is a sunny but breezy afternoon in Nairobi, just about the right atmosphere to leave the office for a short stroll at Uhuru Park, a recreational space right inside the city.

Accessing it through the Freedom Corner entry path at the round-about of Uhuru Highway and Kenyatta Avenue, we immediately come to terms with the sorry state of what has been described as the ecological lungs of millions of city residents.

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