Mudavadi Reveals Plans to Rebuild a Park in Nairobi to Honour Aga Khan

Prime Cabinet Secretary and CS for Foreign & Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi has hinted at plans to honour Prince Karim Aga Khan IV who died on February 5, 2025.

Speaking on Thursday, February 6, Mudavadi said Aga Khan, who owns Nation Media Group (NMG), dreamt of working with the Nairobi County government to renovate City Park.

He explained that Aga Khan’s plan should be implemented to make the City Park more attractive like the Karura Forest.

“One of the things that Aga Khan was pushing for was to partner with Nairobi County so that they can preserve, protect and make City Park more friendly. Karura Forest has been made through a partnership with other people,” Mudavadi said.

“Perhaps as a befitting tribute, as we have this conversation around the environment, this is something that can be advanced so that we can live on positive ideas that were planned but not executed. We still have an opportunity to carry that forward.”

Mudavadi asked NMG CEO Joe Ageyo to rally support through the media house to ensure this dream is actualized in honour of his memory.

He stated that the plan is to make the Park better, user friendly and give it greater security so that people can walk freely like in Karura Forest.

Mudavadi said the plans will also allow for the protection of Ngong Forest and other areas.

“This is a very good moment so that Ageyo can help in rallying this message through his media house to galvanize for this very noble course to improve one of our good parks in Nairobi.

Aga Khan Death & Background

Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims died on 4 February 2025.

Aga Khan Development Network said he died at the age of 88 while surrounded by his family in Lisbon, Portugal.

He was a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter, Hazrat Bibi Fatima, and the Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law, Hazrat Ali, the fourth Rightly Guided Caliph of Islam and the first Shia Imam.

He was the eldest son of Prince Aly Khan and Joan Yarde-Buller and the grandson and successor of the late Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III.

Also Read: Prince Rahim: Profile of Aga Khan IV Successor Named in His Father’s Will

Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Profile

Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini was named the 50th hereditary Imam, or spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, after his father’s death.

Born on October 12, 1971, Prince Rahim is the eldest son of the late Aga Khan IV and his first wife, Princess Salimah, née Sarah Croker Poole, a British ex-model.

The couple had a daughter and two sons together.

Also Read: List of Multibillion Property Owned by Aga Khan

Prince Rahim serves on the boards of several agencies within the Aga Khan Development Network.

He has closely followed the work of the Institute of Ismaili Studies and the Ismaili community’s social governance institutions.

He also serves as chairman of the AKDN’s Environment and Climate Committee.

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