Great memories may be all that remain as City Park falls into ruin

I first heard of Mtego wa panya (a rat trap) from my uncle in 1963 after he had come back to our village in Kibichoi, Kiambu District, from a school trip to Nairobi.

It was a frightening tale of a place surrounded by a high hedge where people got lost trying to find their way out. However, it appears that unlike us in the rural areas, those children who lived in the big city were quite familiar with this facility.