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U.S. President Barack Obama and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stand at attention during the playing of the national anthems at an official welcome ceremony at State House, Nairobi, on July 25, 2015.
The occasion marked Obama's first visit to Kenya as President of the United States. For Obama, whose late father, Barack Obama Sr., hailed from Siaya County in Western Kenya, the visit carried the significance of both a state visit and a deeply personal homecoming.
Returning to the land of his father nearly three decades after his first journey to Kenya as a young man in 1987, Obama described the visit as "personal," recalling the family, memories, and sense of belonging that had shaped his understanding of his paternal heritage.
During the visit, President Obama addressed the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, met members of his extended Kenyan family, held bilateral talks on security, trade, and regional stability, and spoke directly to the Kenyan people, proudly describing himself as "the first Kenyan-American to be President of the United States."
#Obama
#KenyanHistory
The occasion marked Obama's first visit to Kenya as President of the United States. For Obama, whose late father, Barack Obama Sr., hailed from Siaya County in Western Kenya, the visit carried the significance of both a state visit and a deeply personal homecoming.
Returning to the land of his father nearly three decades after his first journey to Kenya as a young man in 1987, Obama described the visit as "personal," recalling the family, memories, and sense of belonging that had shaped his understanding of his paternal heritage.
During the visit, President Obama addressed the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, met members of his extended Kenyan family, held bilateral talks on security, trade, and regional stability, and spoke directly to the Kenyan people, proudly describing himself as "the first Kenyan-American to be President of the United States."
#Obama
#KenyanHistory
