Obama to attend his sister's event in Kenya before heading to South Africa
Sunday July 15, 2018
The center in Siaya County will provide educational and economic opportunities to help young people serve their communities and shares a similar mission to the former president's Obama Foundation.
"Given that his own mission under the Obama Foundation is to inspire and empower people to change the world, his attendance at this event at our ancestral home, where our father was laid to rest, is of great significance to me," Auma Obama said last month.
Artists painted murals of Obama on the streets of his father's hometown of Kogelo, while some bars advertised a drink called the "Obama brew." On Twitter, Kenyans are using hashtags like #Obamareturns and #Obamakaributena, which means " Obama welcome again" in Swahili.
The former president and his sister share a father but have different mothers. The siblings have a close relationship. Auma Obama attended his 2009 inauguration and was a big part of her brother's 2015 visit to Kenya.
Ads By Google
South Africa
From Kenya, Obama will head to South Africa later in the week to meet with President Cyril Ramaphosa and to speak at an event in honor of the late Nelson Mandela's birthday in Johannesburg.
He'll also take part in a town hall with 200 new leaders of the Obama Foundation in Africa.
"President Obama looks forward to meeting these emerging leaders for the first time, hearing about the extraordinary work they are doing across Africa, and discussing how the Obama Foundation can support their civic leadership development," said Katie Hill, a spokeswoman for the former president.
Obama to attend his sister's event in Kenya before heading to South Africa
Former President Barack Obama is visiting his father's homeland of Kenya before heading to South Africa, where he'll take part in events honoring Nelson Mandela's birthday. Obama meets Kenya's president, Uhuru Kenyatta, and oppos