Ahead of President Obama’s first trip to Kenya since taking office, there are signs that have been hung to greet him as if he were coming “home.” Obama is traveling to the African nation Friday.
One sign outside of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, which you can see below, simply reads “Welcome Home President Obama,” with a photo of the president along with the Kenyan and American flags.
“The American President Barack Obama is lucky to have two homes. His first home is the United States and the second one is Kenya,” Dr. Chris Kirubi told allafrica.com last week. Kirubi is one of several businessmen who will be attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Nairobi beginning Saturday, where Obama will also be in attendance.
Barack Obama’s father is 100 percent Kenyan. For heaven sake, a child is known to be from where the father originated because the father is the anchor of the family. He can belong to the world, but his gene came from Kenya.
Obama last visited Kenya in 2006, while still a U.S. senator.
Spotted outside U.S. Embassy in #Nairobi via @brianaduggan #ShowObamaKenya @CNNAfrica #KOT http://pic.twitter.com/9SavmnZXru
— Robyn Lee Kriel (@robynkrielCNN) July 23, 2015
After the GES, the president will be heading to Ethiopia, where he will meet with the nation’s leaders and also visit the African Union’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, Al-Jazeera reported. Obama is likely to discuss security, trade, democracy, poverty and human rights issues.
Elections in Ethiopia sounded alarm bells worldwide when the country’s authoritarian government, headed by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, won all 547 seats in parliament last month, USA Today reported. The news outlet added the nation arrested so many political dissidents that 34 journalists fled the nation in the past year, more than any other country, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
h/t: Townhall
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