White House Notebook: Obama dreams of a quieter Africa trip

“Some of my critics back home might be suggesting I’m here to look for my birth certificate, ” he said.

In a statement of President Obama, “I’ve been consistent all across Africa on this”.

As Obama uttered the latter statement, he smiled and chuckled – presumably over the theories of some that he was not born on American soil.

In regards to the circumstances of his trip, Obama had a solemn wish. The battered Volkswagen his sister drove. He’s expected to make good governance and democracy-building a centerpiece of his two days of meetings and speeches in Nairobi, as well as a stop in Ethiopia.

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“Corruption is not unique to Kenya, but the fact is too often corruption is tolerated because that’s how things have always been done”, he said. “We want to focus on other areas that are day-to-day living for our people…”

Barack Hussein Obama took his vague experience as a community organizer and his abiding arrogance Sunday and offered the 44 million people of Kenya some serious advice on how they should behave and live.

President Obama continued his diplomatic visit to Kenya on Sunday with a speech focusing on gender issues including sexual violence, education and the forced marriage of minors.

Gregory says: “Obama has considerable influence here in Kenya”.

The U.S. president said Kenya was “far from perfect” but had “come so far” since his first visit to the country in 1987 when he wore jeans, carried a rucksack and slept on a camp bed in his halfsister Auma’s living room.

Addressing the audience, he said: “I’m here as president of a country that sees Kenya as an important partner”.

Kenyatta has been under public pressure to act following reviews of his 2-year-old regime, published in local media by opposition and economic experts, claiming that his administration is more corrupt than previous governments.

Referring to ethnic fighting in which 1,200 people died after a disputed 2007 election, he told Kenyans that politics based on ethnicity was “doomed to tear a country apart”. Senior Obama administration officials said if there’s no agreement, the U.S. and other nations would deepen pressure on South Sudan’s warring factions, possibly through increased sanctions and the pursuit of an arms embargo.

“Obama also addressed the subject of female genital mutilation in the country saying, ‘These traditions may date back centuries”.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – As he motorcades from hotel to conference room to arena in Africa, President Barack Obama has been fantasizing about a return trip to the continent after leaving office – one with more family, less fanfare and fewer people telling him where he can’t go.