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million. Obama, who is making his first visit to Africa since leaving the US presidency, congratulated President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga for their cooperation following the disputed presidential election. last year, darkened by violence.
"Despite the tumultuous moments that seem to accompany all elections, we now have a president and an opposition leader who have committed to building bridges and who have taken steps. specific commitments to work together, "Obama said while he was in Kogelo, the home village of his late father.
" What we see here in Kenya is part of the emergence of an Africa more confident and more autonomous, but we know that real progress means solving the remaining problems. It means eliminating corruption that weakens civic life. "
Kenya also faces the challenges of tribalism and the need to improve the education system, Obama added.
that he visited his father's country as a senator in 2006, and then as president in 2015, Barack Obama urges Kenya to tackle corruption and the problems surrounding divisions between ethnic groups. In 2006, he had angered President Mwai Kibaki's government when he gave a lecture on corruption at the University of Nairobi. The government spokesman said he was "an inexperienced young man who can not tell Kenya how to run his business."
A "child of the land"
M . Obama traveled to Kogelo on Monday to inaugurate a sports and training center set up by his half-sister, Auma Obama, through his Sauti Kuu Foundation.
Thousands of Kenyans visit the ancestral home the Obama family in Kogelo in the hope of seeing the former US president, but most of them have not approached because of heavy security measures.
Barack Obama's visit in Kenya was rather unobtrusive compared to his previous travels, when he drew large crowds of Kenyans gathered in the streets to see him.
Many Kenyans consider Obama a native son and rejoice in his success although he has never lived in Africa. He was born in Hawaii, where he spent most of his childhood with his mother, a white American from Kansas. He knew very little about his Kenyan father, whose name he bears.
"It's a joy to be with so many people who are part of my family and so many people who claim to be part of it. Everyone is a cousin, "said the former president in a mocking tone.
At the end of the day, he left Kenya for South Africa, where he will give a speech at the conference. Annual Nelson Mandela Foundation, which this year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the icon of the struggle against apartheid
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