Nairobi (AFP) - The streets of the Kenyan capital
were empty on Friday afternoon ahead of US
President Barack Obama's arrival, with a
massive security operation under way to protect
him from Al-Qaeda-linked Somali militants.

Obama, making his first visit as president to his
father's birthplace, will address an
entrepreneurship summit and hold talks on
trade and investment, security and counter-
terrorism, and democracy and human rights.

Parts of the Kenyan capital Nairobi have been
locked down and airspace will be closed during
the president's arrival late Friday and his
departure late Sunday, when he travels up the
Rift Valley to neighbouring Ethiopia, the seat of
the African Union.

By Friday afternoon, usually the busiest time of
the week with streets jammed with cars, roads
were empty. Expectant crowds began gathering
along the route to be used by the presidential
convoy in the hope of spotting Obama.

At least 10,000 police officers, roughly a quarter
of the entire national force, have been deployed
to the capital.

Top of the list of security concerns is Somalia's
Shebab militants, who have staged a string of
suicide attacks, massacres and bombings on
Kenyan soil, including the bloody attack on the
Westgate shopping mall in the heart of the
capital nearly two years ago that left 67 dead.

Excitement has been building in Kenya for
weeks, with the visit painted as a major boost for the country's position as an African hub --
something that has taken a battering in recent
years due to Shebab attacks and political
violence that landed Kenyan leaders in the
International Criminal Court.

"I need not tell you how eagerly we have all
waited for the day, or how keen we all are to
make it the most memorable of homecomings,"
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta told reporters.

"It's a vote of confidence for our city and our
country," Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero also
told AFP.


Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-leaves-us-africa-trip-kenya-ethiopia-004207879.html

Photo Credit: BBC

The PDP supporters were busy spreading lies on the internet that Obama abandoned Buhari in Washington and left for Kenya, whereas he's just arriving the country.

How low can some people go just to spite a good man..

FTC

seriously!!!

Wow, i dedicate this to mtn for creating *606# (borrow me credit). this rain has prevented me from going out since morning to get airtime.

Back to the matter.

Yeah Yeah, Obama in kenya, Africa.
good.

And to those spreading lies about him leaving buhari because he didnt want to see him.
#ShameOnYou.

U

No place like home for him[color

I thought Lower Niger almajiris said obama abandon PMB in USA? You people will always be dissapointed if u fail to eschew bitterness and embrace change.
HATE KILLS FASTER THAN AIDS- Femolacaster.

The Gay Man.. Maybe time to lead by example by introducing gay in kenya

good

Is like Obama is now evangelising gay msg all African.
He talked that with PMB trying to convince him on that, now is Kenya.... who knows next country.
They are visiting Africa leaders as if they care.
They know they cannot force African leaders to sign gay into law except they come in a peaceful way.

Welcome to MotherLan' Africa !!!


Barack Olanbiwonninu Olayiwola Ikechukwu Obama

Terrorism hotbed

Yeh! dodged my head for bullets..

Obama don't go to Kenya with your yeye message of gay unless you need God's sudden wrath.

.

But some said he abandoned Buhari and departed for Kenya?

Was there a traffic jam in the skies for 3days?

PDP propaganda falls down flat again.

He has gone to Legalize Gay Marriage in Kenya! Fowl.

That doesn't help the current price of commodities in the market

omenka:



The PDP supporters were busy spreading lies on the internet that Obama abandoned Buhari in Washington and left for Kenya, whereas he's just arriving the country.

How low can some people go just to spite a good man..

he told them he was going to Kenya but stopped at Senegal first.

Gerrarahia mehn! Shiiiii!

nwannemous:
That doesn't help the current price of commodities in the market

president of the world, barack obama/osama

The kain hold up wey hold Obama for air go mad gan ooo... Imagine PMB got to Nigeria before someone who left before him got to Kenya... TANOIDS and lies got no difference

Safe journey

christinie:
he told them he was going to Kenya but stopped at Senegal first.

Indeed!

Anything to convince yourself of a false tale.

I also heard he went to Cuba first, then had a barbecue in Iran.

This thread was created just to show that the dauraDullard was not abandoned in D.C

BabaGoSlow is busy denying all his statements he made in the US.

Abeg make una let us hear word

Their son's backk

Okay. Next

Hope he will branch naija

No matter the source it is very difficult to believe today's news. Too much lies everywhere, so Obama remains in America till today.

The devil is home!

Using Kenya arguably the most important Nation in East Africa to spread US influence on the region before the Chinese completely takeover. Nice play Obama, So long as it is a win-win situation.

meshacha1:
Obama don't need to go Kenya ooh gush, that is not were mugabe is nah.....

Autolord:
k

bishopoliver:

SAN
see dem

space bookers

It feels great when an American president visits.

Obama exudes power and strength.

Nairobi is chilly, no bloody illegal immigrant gather mind step into town as na operation show your passport and valid visa as many Nigerians here are with expired passport and visa! One igbo guy with no documentation gather liver enter town to sell Obama souvenirs!