Gov't Plans To Demolish Legendary Nairobi Hotel

Reports have intimated that the government plans to demolish Kahama Hotel located around the Ngara roundabout in Nairobi, Kenya.

According to the Business Daily, Kahama hotel will be demolished as part of the government’s plan to construct a new public transport terminal in Nairobi’s Globe Roundabout area.

National Land Commission (NLC) will acquire the land where the hotel is located other properties which also includes a section of the highly contested Grogan area.

Kahama hotel is owned by the family of the late billionaire James Mwangi Kirung'o alias Kahama whose net worth is estimated to be more than Ksh2 billion. The family also owns the K1 Club House, Kahama Hotel in Mombasa and Small World Country Club.

NLC chair Gershom Otachi confirmed plans to acquire the hotel and other properties to allow the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) to begin the construction.

The Globe roundabout bus terminus is part of NMS plans to ease traffic congestion within the city.

Two months ago NMS initiated plans to rehabilitate 98 key roads within Nairobi County. In an advertisement rolled out Monday, March 22, 2021, NMS invited tenderers to place bids for the roads, which are spread across Nairobi.

The NMS successfully renovated Moi Avenue, City Hall Way, and Wabera Street. Grogan and Kirinyaga Roads are in their final phases. It installed walkways and pedestrian footpaths on some of the roads across the city. The walkways are meant to provide safe passages for members of the public in Nairobi County.