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Gardens should remind us of dark past, inspire us to build bright future

A view of the main dais during the 58th Jamhuri Day Celebrations at Uhuru Gardens, December 12 2021. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The newly remodelled Uhuru Gardens along Lang’ata Road, Nairobi, was unveiled yesterday. This venue that carries great symbolism in the search for self-rule and independence that culminated with the dethronement of the British colonists when the Union Jack was lowered and the National Flag hoisted on the midnight of December 12, 1963.

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