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18 Photos of Obama's Historic Trip to Kenya
By
Tom McKay
This weekend, President Obama returned
to his father's homeland of Kenya for a multi-day trip packed with
speeches, public appearances and diplomatic meetings. Accompanied by two
dozen legislators and 200 American investors attending the Global
Entrepreneurship Summit, Obama's visit to Kenya is a historic first for
his presidency and a continuation of his relationship with the country
that began with his first trip there some 30 years ago.
Here's what the president has been up to during his visit,
which will continue into the next week in other African nations such as
Ethiopia.
1. Crowds of cheering Kenyans greeted the president at the airport during his arrival.
2. The president met with his Kenyan counterpart, President Uhuru Kenyatta, for a bilateral meeting at the State House, his residence.
3. He also laid a wreath at a memorial to 1998 embassy bombings in two East African cities (including Nairobi, Kenya) that killed hundreds of people.
4. The president also gave a speech at the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit at the United Nations Compound in Nairobi.
5. Obama toured a festival finding ways to power Africa's growing cities and economies.
6. Some Kenyans presented homemade gifts and displays of goodwill for the president during his trip.
7. POTUS also made time to visit his extended family, many of whom haven't seen him in a long time.
There’s No Place Like Home! See Photos of Obama’s Visit to Kenya
US President Barack Obama, is currently visiting Kenya – his ancestral home and the country of his father’s birth.
Obama arrived in Kenya yesterday, and as expected, Kenyans are overjoyed, and so is Barack.
Speaking on his visit, the president said, “I am proud to be the first U.S. president to visit Kenya. Obviously, it is personal for me. It’s the reason why my name is Barack Hussein Obama. My father came from these parts, I have family and relatives here….”It is wonderful to be back in Kenya.” He stated this on Saturday morning, as he opened the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, USA Today reports.
Here are some photos from his trip thus far:
Anticipating Obama’s Arrival
People in Nairobi, Kenya gathered in the streets, anticipating Obama’s arrival.
Children with painted faces which read “Obama is coming” and “Raila is Baba” at Kamukunji Grounds in Kibera.
People wave an American flag alongside a cutout of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as Obama’s motorcade arrives.
The Grand Arrival
President Obama in the building!
Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, watches as Obama signs a guest book after arriving at Kenyatta airport
Obama met by half-sister Auma and Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta
Family Reunion
Obama sits alongside his step-grandmother, Mama Sarah and half-sister Auma during a family gathering at his hotel in Nairobi
Obama lays a wreath at the site of the 1998 US embassy bombing in Nairobi
A man rides a motorbike decorated with an American flag
Appearances
Obama addresses the media while talking with solar power businesspeople at the Power Africa Innovation Fair at the UN compound
Obama speaks during the Global Entrepreneurship Summit
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35 Comments on There’s No Place Like Home! See Photos of Obama’s Visit to Kenya
his father is Kenyan!!!
He has and is entitled to ALL the privileges of a Kenyan!
Call it dual citizenship,we belong to both our father and our mother. In this case he belongs also to Kenya the ancestral home of his father!
He wrote: “I AM A LUO MAN”. Luo is his father’s tribe in Kenya.
AFRICANS PERISH FOR lack of knowledge… always talking nonsense!
It’s amazing how petty a lot of you are. What on earth is there to criticise in these pictures?
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As far as am concern his home is in america by the way did he visit his main home… Abeg make person here word abeg…. Claimers club….
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
Tenses and punctuations are your friends!
Putin should check well naaw. I have this strong conviction that he is a Nigerian. Can’t wait to give him a grand arrival.
Oh..I love you Putin!!
youtube.com/watch?v=NjwRCl59eys
in obama’s word. hope this put this debate to rest