Margaret Achieng points to her daughter's name at the August 7th Memorial Park. [David Gichuru, Standard]Administrators of the August 7th Memorial Park in Nairobi plan to raise the fees paid by Kenyans visiting the site where more than 200 people were killed in 1998. It is just a token people pay to access the safe grounds.”The park and the museum are supervised by the August 7th Memorial Trust that compromises volunteers chaired by Kiragu. The park site along Haile Selassie Avenue was home to the American embassy. [File, Standard]The park site along Haile Selassie Avenue was home to the American embassy that suffered a terror attack.

Source: Standard Digital August 03, 2021 21:00 UTC