The statues and monuments are not for decoration, but rather, are lasting symbols of identity, ideology, power, domination and commemoration.
In Kenya, the statues of Jomo Kenyatta statue inside Parliament and outside the KICC connoted self-rule and the rallying image of the ‘Father of the Nation’. The ‘interactive’ Nyayo monument in Central Park Nairobi on the other hand, was an insignia of state power.