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NAIROBI, Kenya – Former US President Barack Obama arrived in Kenya on Sunday, his father's country of birth, his first visit to this East African country since his resignation .
Obama is in Kenya to help launch the sports training center founded by his half-sister, Auma Obama, through his Sauti Kuu Foundation.
In Nairobi, Obama met with President Uhuru Kenyatta at the official residence, according to Kenyatta's twitter account. Obama should also meet Raila Odinga, the opposition leader who is currently working with the Kenyatta government. On March 9, Odinga and Kenyatta pledged to work together, ending months of unrest following a disputed presidential election that was overturned by the Supreme Court and a reprinted boycott by the opposition
. where he electrified thousands of Kenyans who lined the streets to see him when he was senator in 2006 and then president in 2015.
Many Kenyans consider that Obama is from this country – a local kid do good – and bask in the glory of its success, despite the fact that Obama has never lived in Africa. He was born in Hawaii, where he spent most of his childhood raised by his mother, a white American from Kansas. Hardly knew his dead father, Barack Obama, an economist
Large crowds are however expected in Kisumu, the third largest city in Kenya, where Obama will fly Monday before going to the hometown of Kogelo , his father. Siaya County, a trip of about 43.5 miles (70 kilometers). Large screens will be installed in towns in Siaya County to show the launch of the vocational training center and prevent overcrowding on the site, said Cornell Rasanga, governor of Siaya County, on Nation Television
. Obama, "said Rasango, who added that he does not expect much help announcements." Rasanga said that he will ask Obama to help develop a university called Barack Obama University.
After his two-day stay in Kenya, Obama will go to South Africa where he will deliver a speech marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela and meet 200 young Africans in the leadership program from the Obama Foundation.
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