First Avenue in Eastleigh, Nairobi, will soon be renamed Yusuf Haji Road in honour of the late Garissa Senator. This follows approval by the Nairobi County Assembly on Tuesday of a motion calling for the renaming of a road in Nairobi in tribute of the late Defence Minister. “The service the late senator rendered for this country is enough for him to be honoured. “We want a road and not a lane named after Haji so that it is known that this is a road named after a man who changed this country,” said Imwatok. Kariobangi South MCA Robert Mbatia remembered Haji as a firm and strict timekeeper having worked with the late in 2011.

Source: Daily Nation March 03, 2021 14:15 UTC