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Renowned architect to spruce up Kogelo with taste of fine Burkinabe works

When the ambitious Mama Sarah Obama Foundation finally takes shape in Kogelo, the birth place of US President Barack Obama’s father, the state of art complex will incorporate, among other projects, a primary school, a secondary school, a kindergarten, a library, dormitories and many more.

The foundation will be the first architectural work in Kenya and East Africa by Burkinabe architect Diebedo Francis Kere, respected worldwide for designing buildings ecologically and socially adequate to their environment, an art that has earned him awards galore and lecture stints at leading universities including Harvard.

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