It’s back to Dik Dik after court overturns renaming of road after AtwoliResidents of Dik Dik Gardens in Kileleshwa, Nairobi, this week got back their original road name and signage, months after the High Court quashed the decision to rename it after Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) secretary-general Francis Atwoli. “Therefore, the decision to rename the Dik Dik Road to Francis Atwoli Road by the Respondents is hereby quashed,” Justice Mrima said. The court was told that Mr Atwoli, who owns a house on the estate and is a member of the association, was involved in or aware that the road to the estate was collectively called Dik Dik Road by the residents. He explained how he had accepted the county’s invitation to rename Dik Dik Road after him in recognition of his long and distinguished service in the labour industry. He denied hiring thugs to protect the signs and claimed that he was merely a beneficiary of the county government’s internal process of renaming Dik Dik Road, a process that falls squarely within its purview.

Source: Daily Nation December 22, 2023 23:08 UTC