Obama/Kenya trip

President Barack Obama is currently in kenya his ancestral home and as expected,Kenyans are overjoyed,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 families and relatives here….”It is wonderful to be back in Kenya.” He stated this morning,as he opened the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

Here are some photos of overjoyed Kenyans who took off to the streets anticipating Obama's arrival,family reunion.

Pictures after the cut...

Children with painted faces which read “Obama is coming” and “Raila is Baba” at Kamukunji Grounds in Kibera.

People waving an American flag alongside a cutout of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as Obama’s motorcade arrives.

President Obama signing the guest book at his arrival in Kenyatta airport with Uhuru Kenyatta(president of Kenya) 

Obama meets half sister

 

Obama sits alongside his step-grandmother, Mama Sarah and half-sister Auma during a family gathering at his hotel in Nairobi