Tom Mboya Monument

The Tom Mboya Monument is along Moi Avenue in Nairobi, Kenya. It was erected in 2011 in honour of Tom Mboya, a Kenyan government minister who was assassinated in 1969. The monument stands about twenty metres from where Mboya was murdered.^[1]

History

The monument was designed by sculptor Oshottoe Ondula, costing the Kenyan government KSh 20,000,000/=. The statue was unveiled on 19 October 2011. However, by mid-2019, it, along with another (that of Dedan Kimathi), had fallen into disrepair, and Governor of Machakos Alfred Mutua pledged to clean and repair them.^[2] The renovation was completed in April 2021.^[3]

References

^ PLC, Standard Group. "The Standard". The Standard. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^ "Mutua pledges to repair neglected Tom Mboya and Dedan Kimathi statues". The Star. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^ Mutinda, Tracy (15 April 2021). "Tom Mboya statue refurbished". The Star. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

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[1] PLC, Standard Group. "The Standard". The Standard. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[2] "Mutua pledges to repair neglected Tom Mboya and Dedan Kimathi statues". The Star. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[3] Mutinda, Tracy (15 April 2021). "Tom Mboya statue refurbished". The Star. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

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