Nairobi county has replaced the lion statue that had attracted the wrath of social media users as an embarrassment to the city.
The lion had been erected as part of efforts to market the hub of east Africa as well as beautify the city.Kenyans woke up to a new statue after the latter ridiculous lion statue was uprooted at night.
In a statement on Saturday, Nairobi Beautification Program Director Joab Ogolla asked Kenyans to avoid sideshows.
“Give our leaders time to deliver and only judge after the final product,” he said.
According to Ogolla, the lion was not a replacement but an improved version of the original statue.
“The statue was subject to improvements on site and so as I initially requested us to give the team time as the sculptor improves the statue on site.
Nairobi Lion is Now Ready Governor ordered lion statue not to be exposed until he is back from the mombasa burial. The statue KOT saw, wasn’t the statue below. Below statue is after the cover removed. pic.twitter.com/iHffIPSmIg— Abdikarim Hassan (@Abdikarimsonko) March 9, 2019
“This was because of the delicate manner of the statue and so it was just a matter of time and so as at now the final touches have been done and the statue is now on point,” he said.
In January last year, the Nairobi county government launched a city beautification programme in what Sonko said would put Nairobi at par with the world’s best cities