[1][2] It is 29 feet (6 meters) tall concrete sculpture located in the center of Kampala City in the King George V Jubilee gardens at Nile Avenue between Sheraton Kampala Hotel, Grand Imperial Hotel to the right, and Standard Chartered bank to the left in Uganda.

[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] This monument replaces the King George V of Britain statue which used to occupy the area.

[12][13][2] It was unveiled by Kalule Settaala who was the minister for culture and community development of that times and other officials.

[17] Gregory Maloba was born in 1922 and died in 2007 at his home in Kenya after he had fled Uganda in late 1960s when the country degenerated into chaos.

[15] The monument is designed on a metal framework with a mother carrying a child raising the hand upwards in the sky signifying excitement and freedom in Uganda.