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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 meters from where Mboya was murdered.[1]

History

The monument was designed by sculptor Oshottoe Ondula, costing the Kenyan government 20,000,000 shillings. The statue was unveiled on October 19, 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]

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