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| President Obama in Kenya: 'Africa is on the move' | President Obama in Kenya: 'Africa is on the move' |
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| US President Barack Obama has praised Africa's economic and business potential in a speech in Nairobi on the first full day of his visit to Kenya. | US President Barack Obama has praised Africa's economic and business potential in a speech in Nairobi on the first full day of his visit to Kenya. |
| "Africa is on the move... People are being lifted out of poverty, incomes are up (and) the middle class is growing," he told a business summit. | "Africa is on the move... People are being lifted out of poverty, incomes are up (and) the middle class is growing," he told a business summit. |
| He later visited a memorial for those killed in the 1998 US embassy bombing. | He later visited a memorial for those killed in the 1998 US embassy bombing. |
| His schedule includes security talks with Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta. | His schedule includes security talks with Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta. |
| The trip which started on Friday has been described as a "homecoming" by Kenyan media. | The trip which started on Friday has been described as a "homecoming" by Kenyan media. |
| It is Mr Obama's first visit as president to the country where his father was born. | It is Mr Obama's first visit as president to the country where his father was born. |
| Crowds cheered Mr Obama's motorcade as it travelled from the airport. | Crowds cheered Mr Obama's motorcade as it travelled from the airport. |
| His first appearance in Nairobi on Saturday morning, was presiding over the opening of a Global Entrepreneurship Summit. | His first appearance in Nairobi on Saturday morning, was presiding over the opening of a Global Entrepreneurship Summit. |
| Africa needed to be a "future hub of global growth", Mr Obama told young entrepreneurs and businesspeople, adding that governments had to ensure that corruption was not allowed to flourish. | Africa needed to be a "future hub of global growth", Mr Obama told young entrepreneurs and businesspeople, adding that governments had to ensure that corruption was not allowed to flourish. |
| He said Kenya had made "incredible progress" since his last visit. | He said Kenya had made "incredible progress" since his last visit. |
| "When I was here in Nairobi 10 years ago, it looked different from what it looks today," he said. | "When I was here in Nairobi 10 years ago, it looked different from what it looks today," he said. |
| Later, Mr Obama visited the memorial park on the site of the US embassy where 213 people were killed in an al-Qaeda truck bombing in 1998. | Later, Mr Obama visited the memorial park on the site of the US embassy where 213 people were killed in an al-Qaeda truck bombing in 1998. |
| Twelve Americans and 34 local embassy workers died in the blast on the same day the US embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was targeted killing 11 people. | Twelve Americans and 34 local embassy workers died in the blast on the same day the US embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was targeted killing 11 people. |
| Survivors attended as he laid a wreath. | Survivors attended as he laid a wreath. |
| Security is tight for Mr Obama's visit with about 10,000 police officers deployed in Nairobi, major roads closed and US military planes patrolling overhead. | Security is tight for Mr Obama's visit with about 10,000 police officers deployed in Nairobi, major roads closed and US military planes patrolling overhead. |
| Security and Kenya's counter-terrorism efforts are likely to dominate Mr Obama's talks with President Kenyatta. | |
| Kenya has been targeted by the militant Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabab which killed at least 67 people in an attack on Nairobi's Westgate shopping complex in 2013. | Kenya has been targeted by the militant Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabab which killed at least 67 people in an attack on Nairobi's Westgate shopping complex in 2013. |
| The group also staged an attack on the university in Garissa, northern Kenya, earlier this year in which 148 people died. | The group also staged an attack on the university in Garissa, northern Kenya, earlier this year in which 148 people died. |
| Although trade and security are featuring strongly in Mr Obama's visit, he has also pledged to deliver a "blunt message" to African leaders about gay rights and discrimination. | Although trade and security are featuring strongly in Mr Obama's visit, he has also pledged to deliver a "blunt message" to African leaders about gay rights and discrimination. |
| Kenyans to Obama: 'Spare us the gay talk' | Kenyans to Obama: 'Spare us the gay talk' |
| On his arrival at Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, he was hugged by his half-sister Auma and later, at dinner, the president was joined by more relatives including "Mama Sarah", who helped to raise his late father. | On his arrival at Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, he was hugged by his half-sister Auma and later, at dinner, the president was joined by more relatives including "Mama Sarah", who helped to raise his late father. |
| Mr Obama's visit would have been diplomatically impossible when President Kenyatta faced charges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, says the BBC's Karen Allen in Nairobi. | |
| The case against Mr Kenyatta has since been dropped and the way seems clear for a restoration of ties, she adds. | The case against Mr Kenyatta has since been dropped and the way seems clear for a restoration of ties, she adds. |
| After his visit to Kenya, Mr Obama will travel on to Ethiopia where he will become the first US leader to address the African Union. | After his visit to Kenya, Mr Obama will travel on to Ethiopia where he will become the first US leader to address the African Union. |
| "I'll be the first US president to not only visit Kenya and Ethiopia, but also to address the continent as a whole, building off the African summit that we did here which was historic and has, I think, deepened the kinds of already strong relationships that we have across the continent." | "I'll be the first US president to not only visit Kenya and Ethiopia, but also to address the continent as a whole, building off the African summit that we did here which was historic and has, I think, deepened the kinds of already strong relationships that we have across the continent." |
| "A while back, when we started looking at strategies to reach out to the Muslim world, to reach out to developed countries, a common theme emerged, which was people are not interested in just being... patronised. And being given aid. They're interested in building capacity." | "A while back, when we started looking at strategies to reach out to the Muslim world, to reach out to developed countries, a common theme emerged, which was people are not interested in just being... patronised. And being given aid. They're interested in building capacity." |
| "We welcome Chinese aid into Africa. I think we think that's a good thing. We don't want to discourage it. As I've said before, what I also want to make sure though is that trade is benefiting the ordinary Kenyan and the ordinary Ethiopian and the ordinary Guinean and not just a few elites." | "We welcome Chinese aid into Africa. I think we think that's a good thing. We don't want to discourage it. As I've said before, what I also want to make sure though is that trade is benefiting the ordinary Kenyan and the ordinary Ethiopian and the ordinary Guinean and not just a few elites." |
| "As somebody who has family in Kenya and knows the history of how the country so often is held back because women and girls are not treated fairly, I think those same values apply when it comes to different sexual orientations." | "As somebody who has family in Kenya and knows the history of how the country so often is held back because women and girls are not treated fairly, I think those same values apply when it comes to different sexual orientations." |
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