Nakuru has officially joined Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu in the city rank. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday, December 1, awarded a charter to Nakuru Municipality, sealing its city status after years of pursuit. “Nakuru County Assembly placed a desire to have a city status [in 2018]. The desire was approved by the municipality, county executive committee, and the county assembly, then handed to the Senate.

[With all legal criteria satisfied on June 3, [2021], the Senate approved the application and recommendations to give Nakuru a city status,” the president said during his speech at the Nyayo Gardens. Uhuru said he was happy to hand city status symbol instruments to Governor Lee Kinyanjui. The instruments are a logo, three flags (national, county, and city), and a seal of the city.