NAIROBI GETS ITS NEW NAME BACK: UPDATE ON BEAUTIFICATION AND SECURITY PROGRAM

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Nairobi was in the 70s and 80s referred to as the City in the Sun. However, by the 90s it had become city in the Garbage and Nairoberry. However, this is changing as we give Nairobi an improve facelift.

A month ago, myself as Chair of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Beautification and Security of Nairobi together with other stakeholders, I launched the Nairobi Beautification and Security campaign. Today, we unveil some of the immediate fruits of that work.

One of the weaknesses we have as Kenyans is management and maintenance. Our landscaping has always been shoddy due to lack of maintenance.

Therefore we have adopted a system that uses stone and flowers in an orderly beautiful and easy to maintain landscaping to send the message that Nairobi is a city on the move. This phase one starts from the airport to Kangemi on Mombasa road. Thereafter, other streets in Nairobi such as Jogoo road, Ngong road, Lang’ata road etc will undergo a facelift.

You only get one chance to project the right image and Nairobi, being the hub of the country is used to judge the success and failures of the Grand Coalition Government. We need a country that does things well so that wananchi can see development, be fed on time and live knowing there is order and a purpose.

Tomorrow, the Minister for the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development will launch the Traffic Decongestion Program at 12.30 p.m. at KICC as part of the program to make Nairobi the city we all want – the city with the name Nairobi: Green City in the Sun.

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