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Monument Attractions In Nairobi

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Nairobi is the capital and the largest city of Kenya. The name comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyrobi, which translates to cool water, a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 3,138,369 in the 2009 census, while the metropolitan area has a population of 6,547,547. The city is popularly referred to as the Green City in the Sun.Nairobi was founded in 1899 by the colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda Railway. The town quickly grew to replace Machakos as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Ke...
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Monument Attractions In Nairobi

  • 1. Tom Mboya Statue Nairobi
    The Tom Mboya Monument is along the Moi Avenue in Nairobi, Kenya. It was erected in 2011 in honour of Tom Mboya, a Kenyan minister who was assassinated in 1969. The monument stands about twenty meters from where Mboya was murdered. The statue stands at not less than ten meters from ground level. Since its unveiling, the monument's location has proven to be one of the most popular rendezvous currently available within the Nairobi CBD.
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