Barack Obama will make a long-awaited trip to Republic of Kenya later this year, visiting his father’s homeland for the first time since changing into becoming president six years ago, the White House said on Monday. during the long-promised visit this July,
Obama will attend a global Entrepreneurship Summit in the geographical region nation, a press release aforesaid. Obama has visited continent fourfold since becoming president, however has not visited the country where he still has relatives. For abundant of Obama’s presidency, Kenya’s leaders are underneath a cloud of prosecution by the International criminal court.
Uhuru Kenyatta was indicted over the country’s 2007-08 post-election violence, the worst since it won independence from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1963. Kenyatta has always protested his innocence. The case was dropped in December, with prosecutors complaining that they'd been undermined by a lack of cooperation by the Kenyan government, as well as the bribing or intimidation of witnesses. “President Obama can meet him in Republic of Kenya,” a White House official told AFP , conforming a meeting that is likely to court controversy
The official, who asked to not be named, said the united states often raises “concerns with the Kenyan government concerning restrictions on human rights and elementary freedoms.” “The president’s trip can produce another opportunity for dialogue with the government and civil society on these problems.” Obama had visited Republic of Kenya before as a senator and before entering politics, visiting his father’s home village and taking a very public HIV test. The president’s origins have spurred domestic controversy, with some hard line political foes claiming he wasn't born in the us and so was ineligible to become president. Obama allies say this is often thinly veiled racism. The president has typically created light-weight of the difference of opinion.
Obama will attend a global Entrepreneurship Summit in the geographical region nation, a press release aforesaid. Obama has visited continent fourfold since becoming president, however has not visited the country where he still has relatives. For abundant of Obama’s presidency, Kenya’s leaders are underneath a cloud of prosecution by the International criminal court.
Uhuru Kenyatta was indicted over the country’s 2007-08 post-election violence, the worst since it won independence from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1963. Kenyatta has always protested his innocence. The case was dropped in December, with prosecutors complaining that they'd been undermined by a lack of cooperation by the Kenyan government, as well as the bribing or intimidation of witnesses. “President Obama can meet him in Republic of Kenya,” a White House official told AFP , conforming a meeting that is likely to court controversy
The official, who asked to not be named, said the united states often raises “concerns with the Kenyan government concerning restrictions on human rights and elementary freedoms.” “The president’s trip can produce another opportunity for dialogue with the government and civil society on these problems.” Obama had visited Republic of Kenya before as a senator and before entering politics, visiting his father’s home village and taking a very public HIV test. The president’s origins have spurred domestic controversy, with some hard line political foes claiming he wasn't born in the us and so was ineligible to become president. Obama allies say this is often thinly veiled racism. The president has typically created light-weight of the difference of opinion.
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