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I’m sorry, US President Barack Obama tells his K’ogelo relatives

US President Barack Obama may be the most powerful man in the world, but Saturday afternoon, he wore his Kenyan hat, and apologised to his relatives for not making to visit them in the village.

In the safety of State House, the residence of the President of Kenya, the US leader blamed a tight schedule, the security requirements and the obligation to push the interests of the US, as the reason why he could not go to the village in Western Kenya, where his father is buried.

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