The government has issued a response following a wave of outrage over claims that the Bomas of Kenya had been auctioned to a foreign investor.
On Sunday, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua sensationally claimed that the historic Bomas of Kenya had been sold to a Turkish national, adding that the Cabinet had approved the sale.
However, in a rejoinder statement on Monday, March 10, Principal Secretary of the State Department for Culture and Arts, Ummi Bashir, refuted the claims, stating that the famous national heritage site had not been sold to anyone. "By dint of Executive Order of Government No 2 of 2023, Bomas of Kenya was placed under the State Department for Culture, the Arts and Heritage," Bashir said in his statement.
Principal Secretary of the State Department for Culture and Arts Ummi Bashir alongside President William Ruto and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi on December 13, 2024.
