The classic limousine of Kenya’s first President, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, was moved from the State House to Uhuru Gardens, where it will be preserved.
This comes after President Uhuru unveiled the Uhuru Gardens National Monument and museum on May 31, just in time for the 59th Madaraka Day celebrations on June 1.
The fancy car was reputedly purchased at the London Motor Show in October 1963 during the third Lancaster Conference for an estimated price of £7,305, making it the most expensive car on show at the time.
The Rolls Royce Phantom V quickly established itself as a symbol of wealth.
On November 1, 1963, it was shipped to Kenya by sea, with the expectation that the chauffeur would have flown back to Kenya to receive it by the time it reached at the port of Mombasa.
He was reportedly taken through training in the United Kingdom to learn how to maintain the car at the Rolls Royce Centre in Goodwood.
The car will now be conserved at the new museum, which houses over 12,300 antiquities from across the country and is spread out over a 68-acre plot of ground that was once used as a detention center during the battle for independence.
The garden, which will be open to the public for free, is intended to tell Kenya’s history and recount major events in Kenya’s history.
