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Come home to your roots, schoolgirls tell US President Barack Obama

Siaya governor Cornel Rasanga (right) with Mama Sarah Obama (center) and West Gem Member of County Assembly Jared Abayo dance in an event dabbed 'Destination Siaya Kababa' aimed at showcasing areas of potential interests to investors. PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR/STANDARD]

KISUMU: Cynthia Mwende, a Form Two student at Barack Obama Secondary School in Kogelo, Siaya County, has written to US President Barack Obama asking him to visit the school.

With carefully selected words, the letter addresses the president with full cognisance of his undisclosed itinerary when he lands in Nairobi on July 24 to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

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