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Barack Obama: Do not treat women as second class citizens

US President Barack Obama giving his speech at Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi on Sunday. [Photo: PSCU]

Nairobi, Kenya: President Barack Obama Sunday brought to Kenya a strong message of empowering women and girls, emphasising that countries that treat them with dignity are the most successful.

During his address to the public at Safaricom indoor arena Kasarani, Obama said that women and girls are vital in the success of any democracy, a message he reiterated during his speech to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit on Saturday.

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