Kenya Airforce missiles are on display at the Uhuru Gardens Museum.[Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Chief of Defence Forces General Robert Kibochi said they want Kenyan artefacts, lost during colonisation returned.

"We have to work with Parliament to establish a legal framework to bring them back," he said.

Gen Kibochi said that the amenity would be open to the public at a cost that will be agreed upon through stakeholder engagement.

It is at Uhuru Gardens where the Union Jack was lowered and Kenya's flag hoisted and the national anthem sang at a national function for the first time.

The location was declared a monument in 1997 and its logo captures the Mugumo tree which was planted by the first president on the spot where the national flag was hoisted and a shield which signifies unity and defence for freedom.