Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii has come out to address viral athlete statues that were mounted in Eldoret earlier last week dedicated to athletes.
According to Bii, the viral Eldoret statues that caused a storm online both within and without Kenya were not bought by the County Government of Uasin Gishu but well wishers who planned to surprise him.
Bii said that there was no budget allocated from the for the statues and the idea was pledged by well wishers who promised to unveil good monuments as part of their welcoming of the city status.
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“The well wishers had promised to deliver surprise statues and unveil them on the evening before the elevation to city status but as we waited we were shocked with what was unveiled.”
Speaking during a church function in Eldoret on Sunday, Bii said the county was not in any way to blame for the poorly dome statues some of which he said “looked like Satan”.
“What was unveiled was shocking. One side looked like a human being and the other side looked like Satan himself,” the Governor said jokingly.
However, the Governor proceeded to apologise for what happened just before President William Ruto unveiled Eldoret as a city but said the county government was not to blame for the sculptures.
This comes after kenyans raised concerns on the resemblance of the statues to the athletes that forced the statues that were erected on Wednesday to be removed at night due to uproar.
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The governor did not however mention who the well wishers that he claims were responsible for the statues were but distanced himself and the county government from the mess.