Former US President Barack Obama is set to visit Kenya on July 16th 2018 where he will have talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta at the state house in Nairobi.
Then he will proceed to his ancestral land, K’Ogello where he will meet his relatives before leaving for South Africa on the same day.
In South Africa he will deliver a speech during the annual Nelson Mandela lecture.
This would be his first visit since leaving his office in 20th January 2017. Obama also visited Kenya in 1987, 1992 and the high profile visit in 2015 when serving his second term as president.
Obama, who will not be in company of his wife and kids, is likely to meet NASA leader Raila Odinga.
During his visit in 2015, he had promised to get back in Kenya will less security details.
“I know that there are still places in this beautiful nation that I have not discovered. I am going to make sure that I get back and it is not just Kenya, there is an ecosystem that is connected from Uganda to Tanzania. Climbing Kilimanjaro seems like something that should be on my list of things to do once I get out of here,” he said in 2015.
“The Secret Service does not like me climbing mountains but as a private citizen hopefully I can get away with something like that.”
“I will be back to Kenya next time, maybe not in a suit. I would also come with (my daughters) Malia and Sasha. My family loves Kenya,” said the then American President.
Obama’s family will remain in USA bearing in mind that his security detail and budget would swell if he had them in line, likewise the two daughters Malia and Sasha are still busy with their school schedules.
