Editing Nairobi (section)

===21st century===
[[File:Nairobi Skyline from BBC Studios.jpg|thumb|Nairobi showing Fedha Towers, ICEA Building, the Nairobi Safari Club and Anniversary Towers]]
On 20 October 2011, a memorial statue was unveiled in Nairobi in memory to [[Tom Mboya]], a former Kenyan Independence politician and assassination victim.

On 9 November 2012, President [[Mwai Kibaki]] opened the KES 31 billion Thika Superhighway. This mega-project of Kenya started in 2009 and ended in 2011. It involved expanding the four-lane carriageway to eight lanes, building underpasses, providing interchanges at roundabouts, erecting flyovers and building underpasses to ease congestion. The 50.4-kilometre road was built in three phases: Uhuru Highway to Muthaiga Roundabout; Muthaiga Roundabout to [[Kenyatta University]] and; Kenyatta University to [[Thika Town Constituency|Thika Town]].<ref>[http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kibaki-to-officially-open-Sh30bn-Thika-superhighway/1056-1612572-eg30pcz/index.html "Kibaki to officially open Sh30bn Thika superhighway"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510145843/http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kibaki-to-officially-open-Sh30bn-Thika-superhighway/1056-1612572-eg30pcz/index.html |date=10 May 2017 }}, ''The Nation'', 5 November 2012.</ref>

On 31 May 2017, President [[Uhuru Kenyatta]] inaugurated the Standard Gauge Railway which connects Nairobi to Mombasa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenya inaugurates new Chinese-funded railway |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/5/31/kenya-inaugurates-new-chinese-funded-railway |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609005539/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/5/31/kenya-inaugurates-new-chinese-funded-railway |url-status=live }}</ref> It was primarily built by a Chinese firm with about 90% of total funding from China and about 10% from the Kenyan government. A second phase is also being built which will link [[Naivasha]] to the existing route and also the [[Uganda]] border.

On 11 August 2020, Nairobi County Assembly Speaker [[Beatrice Elachi]] resigned.<ref name="1R">{{cite web |date=11 August 2020 |url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/counties/Nairobi-County-Speaker-Beatrice-Elachi-resigns/4003142-5607116-1413rf2/index.html |title=Nairobi County Speaker Beatrice Elachi resigns |newspaper=[[Business Daily Africa]] |author=Bonface Otieno |access-date=22 December 2020 |location=Nairobi |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129220449/https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/counties/Nairobi-County-Speaker-Beatrice-Elachi-resigns/4003142-5607116-1413rf2/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 21 December 2020, recently elected<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theafricareport.com/56119/is-former-nairobi-governor-mike-sonkos-career-finished-now-he-has-been-impeached/|title=Kenya: Can former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko make a comeback?|first=Morris|last=Kiruga|publisher=The Africa Report|date=22 December 2020|access-date=22 December 2020|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222133941/https://www.theafricareport.com/56119/is-former-nairobi-governor-mike-sonkos-career-finished-now-he-has-been-impeached/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura was sworn in as acting Nairobi Governor four days after the previous Nairobi Governor [[Mike Sonko]] was impeached and removed from office.<ref name=nodeputy>{{cite news|url=https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/assembly-speaker-benson-mutura-sworn-in-as-acting-nairobi-governor|title=Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura sworn in as Acting Nairobi Governor – VIDEO|first=Collins|last=Omulo|publisher=Nairobi News|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=December 22, 2020|archive-date=21 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221093039/https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/assembly-speaker-benson-mutura-sworn-in-as-acting-nairobi-governor|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the time of Mutura's swearing in as acting Governor, which he will hold for at least 60 days, Nairobi did not have a Deputy Governor as well.<ref name=nodeputy />