Kenya visit, Obama talks about harmony and ethnic peace



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Former US President Barack Obama on Monday urged Kenyan leaders to forget the divisive ethnic politics that often fuel violence. Obama has inaugurated a school in Kogelo village, his father, in western Kenya. Obama praised the peaceful will of President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga, but he said they should do more.

<img alt = "Former President Barack Obama inaugurated a school in his father's village, Kogelo Village, in western Kenya, founded by his father-in-law's Auma Obama Foundation (third from right), Monday, July 16. 19659004] Former President Barack Obama inaugurated a school in his father's village, Kogelo Village in western Kenya, founded by the Foundation-led by his half-sister, Auma Obama (third from right), Monday (16/7). Not long ago, 1,200 people died in the fighting following a disputed election involving Odinga and Kenyatta in 2007.

"It means no longer seeing the different ethnicity as an enemy or a rival, but as an ally; Obama, whose father was a Kenyan, said that the first black American president, who served for eight years before Donald Trump's election in November 2016, was in Kenya to open a school because of the diversity of the tribe. which is run by his half-sister Auma through charity, Sauti Kuu Foundation. [lt]

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