[PHOTOS]: King Charles III tours City Shamba project in Kayole

King Charles picked spinach, kales and indigenous vegetables as he toured the farm.

In Summary
  • City Shamba is a food security initiative that was founded to transform the livelihoods of urban people living in marginalised communities.

  • It aims to boost incomes by ensuring food and nutrition security goals are achieved.

City Shamba manager Greg Kimani with King Charles III during a tour of the urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
City Shamba manager Greg Kimani with King Charles III during a tour of the urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
Image: DOUGLAS OKIDDY

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi took King Charles III on a tour of an urban farming project called City Shamba. 

Mudavadi took the King on Tuesday to the project located at the Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital in Kayole. 

The King took a tour of the approximately one-acre piece of land. 

King Charles picked spinach, kale and indigenous vegetables as he toured the farm.

City Shamba manager Greg Kimani was given the honour of taking the King around and answering any questions he would have.

City Shamba manager Greg Kimani with King Charles III during a tour of the urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
City Shamba manager Greg Kimani with King Charles III during a tour of the urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
Image: DOUGLAS OKIDDY
City Shamba manager Greg Kimani with King Charles III and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi during a tour of the urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
City Shamba manager Greg Kimani with King Charles III and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi during a tour of the urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
Image: DOUGLAS OKIDDY

City Shamba is an urban agricultural business that seeks to build city gardens appropriate for small spaces.

City Shamba models urban centres to be part of the solution to hunger and malnutrition through training and enabling urban communities to adopt and practice urban agriculture.

It is a food security initiative that was founded to transform the livelihoods of urban people living in marginalised communities.

It aims to boost incomes by ensuring food and nutrition security goals are achieved.

King Charles III together with Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi making a tour at City Shamba, an urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
King Charles III together with Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi making a tour at City Shamba, an urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
Image: DOUGLAS OKIDDY
King Charles III during a tour of an urban farming project called City Shamba at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
King Charles III during a tour of an urban farming project called City Shamba at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
Image: DOUGLAS OKIDDY
King Charles III with City Shamba Manager Greg Kimani during a tour of the urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
King Charles III with City Shamba Manager Greg Kimani during a tour of the urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
Image: DOUGLAS OKIDDY
King Charles III with Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi during a tour of the urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
King Charles III with Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi during a tour of the urban farming project at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital on October 31, 2023.
Image: DOUGLAS OKIDDY
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