THE United States government announced on Thursday that it will construct a new embassy in Nairobi to replace the previous one, which was destroyed by a powerful bomb blast on August 7 1998. The US said the demolition of the old embassy building starts on March 22 to pave way for the transformation of the property, situated in central Nairobi, into a memorial garden for the bombing victims. A press release announcing the US embassy’s construction did not disclose where the new mission will be located, although the Kenyan government has allocated Washington a site in Nairobi’s industrial area.