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[PHOTOS]: Works ongoing at Embu stadium to host Madaraka Day fete

Omollo says the celebrations will no longer be held at Njukiri Grounds.

by LINDWE DANFLOW

News21 February 2023 - 14:32

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• The PS said currently construction works are gathering pace at the Moi Stadium which has the capacity to host 20,000 people.

Internal Security Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo during a physical tour of the Moi Stadium as preparations for Madaraka D gather pace on February 21,2023.

The National Celebrations Committee chaired by Internal Security Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has said the Madaraka Day celebrations will no longer be held at Njukiri Grounds.

Omollo said instead the celebrations will be held at Moi Stadium in Embu county.

He said the change in venue is for reasons related to time and cost.

"The government has settled on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as this year’s theme of Madaraka Day Celebrations to be held at the Moi Stadium in Embu County," he said.

Workers at the Moi Stadium in Embu on February 21,2023.

Internal Security Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo with other officials during a physical tour of the Moi Stadium in Embu on February 21,2023.

Omollo said this is in a bid to improve and spur economic growth.

The PS said currently construction works are gathering pace at the Moi Stadium which has the capacity to host 20,000 people.

He said the majority of the infrastructure will be ready within the next 45 days.

Omollo said the project is approximately set to cost Sh300 million.

Construction at the Moi Stadium in Embu as preparation for Madaraka day are underway on February 21,2023.

Works ongoing at the Moi Stadium in Embuon February 21,2023.

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