Nairobi, Nov. 11 -- The Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) has abandoned plans to cut down the iconic fig tree along Waiyaki Way, a move that was meant to pave way for the Jomo Kenyatta Airport-Westlands expressway.
The tree stands on the route of the new road that is already under construction.
Upon catching wind that the huge tree, which stands almost 12 metres high with wide branches spreading above Mpaka Road and Waiyaki Way junction, would be felled, residents and conservationists took to the streets in protest.
Initially, NMS said it would lift the entire tree and plant it in another area but later on switched to preserving it at the roundabout.
Speaking during the official declaration of the conservation of the iconic tree, NMS D...