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I'm watching the Barack Obama and Uhuru Kenyatta press conference
Obama is the first sitting American President to visit Kenya - this is historic.
Bravo Africa!!
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I think it is great and an honor for Kenya to receive the President of the United States who is a sort of grandson of Kenya.
it is fascinating country 
Kenya is on the list
Andrew assures me it is common for people to be called by their surnames, for example
Obama: Bad Traditions- Confederate Flag, Suppressing Women
Published on Jul 26, 2015
In Nairobe Kenya, President Obama says that "just because something is a part of your past doesn't make it right. It doesn't mean that it defines your future."
As an example Obama pointed to the controversy over flying the confederate flag in the United States.
"It was a flag that flew over an army that fought to maintain a system of slavery and racial subjugation. So we should understand our history, but we should also recognize it sends a bad message to those who were liberated from slavery and oppression."
"Just because something's a tradition doesn't make it right."
He used that example to talk about the struggle in Kenya and elsewhere to give women equal rights and opportunities.
"Treating women and girls as second class citizens- those are bad traditions. They need to change," Obama said drawing a huge cheer from the crowed gathered at Safaricom Indoor Arena.
"There's no excuse for sexual assault or domestic violence. There's no reason young girls should suffer genital mutilation. There's no place in civilized society for the early or forced marriage of children. These traditions may date back centuries. They have no place in the 21st century."
"These are issues of right and wrong in any culture. But they're also issues of success and failure. Any nation that fails to educate its girls or employ its women and allowing them to maximize their potential is doomed to fall behind in the global economy.
"We're in a sports center. Imagine if you have a team and you don't let half of the team play. That's stupid. That makes no sense."
Don't think he's reading - this is who he is. Our first feminist president. He loves people. You can't go wrong that way. Good grief, I'm gonna miss him!
to kpete!
darlene superville
✔ ?@dsupervilleap
.@POTUS woke up to this in #Kenya
6:51 PM - 24 Jul 2015
ST Foreign Desk ?@STForeignDesk
Obama defends his multi-billion-dollar electricity initiative in Africa
http://str.sg/ZWzP #ObamaInKenya
12:11 AM - 25 Jul 2015
he Star, Kenya
✔ ?@TheStarKenya
US to give Sh101 billion fund for women centres in Kenya, Zambia, Mali - Obama. http://ow.ly/Q4gnG
11:54 PM - 24 Jul 2015 15 15 Retweets
ktn
✔ ?@KTNKenya
President Barack Obama listening to one of the youth entrepreneurs #GES2015Kenya
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/24/a-presidential-family-dinner/#comments
Thanks Cha 
Pic for the road..
The President’s Sunday In Kenya And Ethiopia
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/26/the-presidents-sunday-in-kenya-and-ethiopia/
Mekdes Mz. ?@Mekmz
A great shot. Airforce One flying thru the rainbow in #Addis via @PuniY #ObamaInEthiopia
9:05 AM - 26 Jul 2015
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/26/chat-away-632/