Uasin Gishu County has erected more monuments and statues in Eldoret town as part of celebrations to welcome the new city status for the town.
A statue representing a milk guard erected at the Juma Haji roundabout has impressed most residents who praise the workmanship done on it.
“This is a better statue than what had been put up earlier in some parts of the town. The artist who did the milk guard statue did a better job.
The milk statue was unveiled early Thursday ahead of the ceremony to welcome the city status.
President William Ruto is presiding over the elevation ceremony at the Eldoret Sports Club
On Wednesday, an uproar erupted in Eldoret after the county unveiled several thematic monuments as part of beautification to welcome the city status for the town.
A section of Kenyans took to social media to discredit some monuments unveiled by the county.
Firms contracted to put up the monuments later uprooted them.
The majority of residents said they had been taken aback by what they termed as unsatisfactory workmanship.
One of the monuments erected at the Fims junction was that of an athlete whose resemblance residents claimed they could not identify.
Pictures of the monuments went around on social media sparking an uproar and backlash against the county administration and the Eldoret Municipal Board.
Another monument of a green maize crop had been erected on the Telecom roundabout but it was also pulled down because it bore a discoloured maize cob.
Following the uproar, it has been uprooted and replaced with one that looks green.
Residents led by Kipkorir Birgen said in an online post that, “ the county could have done better”.
Birgen said the monuments do not reflect the city’s newfound status.
Sources said a top government official was angered by the monuments and ordered that they either be uprooted or replaced.
CEO of the Eldoret Municipal Board Tito Koiyet could not be reached for comment immediately.
