Tight security in Nairobi as Kenya welcomes US leader to the land of his father

US President Barack Obama (L) signs a guestbook alongside Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta upon arrival on Air Force One at Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, July 24, 2015. Obama arrived in Africa on a five-day tour with stops in his father's homeland of Kenya, before traveling to Ethiopia. [AFP PHOTO]

 

There was tension and expectation in the air at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport hours before the arrival of US President Barack Obama.