Mama Obama left the Kisumu International Airport shortly after 11am accompanied by a few family members/FILE
The US embassy on Thursday indicated that Obama would have time for private meetings with members of his Kenyan family.
Obama is headed to Kenya after departing Washington with a delegation of some of his top officials for an African tour that takes him to Kenya and Ethiopia.
He is accompanied on the trip by his National Security Advisor Susan Rice, foreign policy aide Ben Rhodes and White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
The landmark trip to Obama’s ancestral homeland of Kenya, where his father was born, is his first as president and is also the first time a sitting US president will visit Ethiopia and the AU’s headquarters in Addis Ababa.
The first African-American president of the United States is expected to address regional security issues and trade, and also touch on matters relating to democracy, poverty and human rights in the region.
Obama’s Air Force One is expected to touch down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport shortly later Friday.
Though Friday was not a public holiday, most Nairobi residents stayed out of town to after there was an announcement that several major roads would remain closed.
source: capitalfm kenya