Friday, August 25, 2006

Senator Obama arrives for six-day visit

By Eliud Miring’uh

United States Senator Barack Obama is in Kenya for a gruelling six-day tour that will take him to his ancestral roots in Nyanza Province.

Obama arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) aboard a private jet shortly after 6pm on Thursday. At hand to welcome him was Foreign Affairs Assistant minister Mr Moses Wetangula and the new US Ambassador Mr Michael Ranneberger.

At the airport, Obama was ushered into the VIP lounge, where he held discussions with Government officials and the envoy. Photographers were then invited to take pictures, after which the Illinois Senator boarded a vehicle for Nairobi Serena Hotel, where he is staying. Six police cars and five US Embassy limousines escorted him.

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