US President Barack Obama said
Saturday the “timing was not right” for him to travel to Kenya, his
father’s homeland, during his current Africa tour, but he expected to go
there many times in the future.
Obama said the new government of
President Uhuru Kenyatta was still finding its feet after an election in
March, and that Nairobi was “still working out issues with the
international community”.
He was referring to a looming trial
for Kenyatta and Vice President William Ruto at the International
Criminal Court for their alleged roles in deadly violence that killed
more than 1,000 people after 2007 polls.
“The timing was not right for me as
president of the United States to be visiting Kenya when those issues
need to be worked on,” Obama said.
But the US leader said he had visited Kenya multiple times before he was president and expected to return.
“My personal ties to the people of Kenya, by definition are going to be strong and will stay strong,” he said.
Obama’s Africa tour started in Senegal, and he is currently in South Africa. He will wrap up his week-long journey in Tanzania.
Source: Capital fm
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