The Mama Ngina Drive in Mombasa county which is being regenerated into a waterfront and cultural district is 90 per cent complete.

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala defended the contractor saying the 10 per cent  remaining is the additional work before the facility hosts this year’s Mashujaa Day national
celebrations.

He said the facility will be handed over to the national celebrations committee three weeks prior to the one day event and assured journalists there is no cause for alarm.

"The additional work is a results of hosting the presidential event during the national celebrations in October in the county,"he pointed out.

Balala hinted the presidential square and its environs has a sitting capacity of 25,000 people.

He spoke after he led his ministry officials to the supervisory weekly inspection of the facility.

The CS said they have come up with clear arrangements with security organs on how they would do the one day event together.

Balala, who was accompanied by his principal secretary Joe Okudo, told journalists there is enough time to hand over the facility to the celebrations committee.

He added at the moment they are clearing the site to install the tents and put up infrastructure which normally takes less than a week.

"We have clear arrangements with local provincial administrators on how we are going to do the celebration as a team," he pointed out.