First Avenue lane in Nairobi’s Eastleigh estate will in two weeks be renamed after the late Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji who passed away last month at the age of 80.

This comes after the County Assembly of Nairobi on Tuesday passed a motion to have the road renamed to honour and recognize Haji’s efforts in public service during his 55 years of service to the Nation.

“Aware that the naming of roads and other public places after heroes and heroines bestows honor and shows our collective gratitude as a Nation, this assembly resolves that the NMS names or renames a road in recognition of the late Senator Yusuf Haji for his immeasurable contribution to the prosperity and well being of Kenyans during his 55-year record of public service,” read the motion.

Majority Leader Abdi Hassan alias Guyo who moved the motion described the late Senator as a symbol of peace, an efficient, knowledgeable, humble but firm leader who dedicated his life to public service and his name should be engraved in the annals of Kenyan history

“Haji’s exceptional negotiations and strategic mediation skills cannot go unrecognized as the whole country saw his efforts to promote peace and stability in Somalia and beyond was seen under the operation Linda Nchi in 2011,” he noted.

The Nairobi legislator also said the Senator’s remarkable attribute saw him be chosen by President Uhuru Kenyatta to steward the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), a task that Guyo said Haji took on with earnest zeal and delivered a noteworthy constitutional Bill.

-The Star/ Maureen Kinyanjui