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Lasting memories of maiden trip to father's homeland

President of the United States of America Barack Obama having a chat with his host President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta before he left the country for Ethiopia , The US president was on a three day official visit to Kenya where he opened the 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi. [PHOTO/MAXWELL AGWANDA/STANDARD]

US President Barack Obama's recollection about the events of his homecoming almost three decades ago is a common tale among Kenyan returning to the country after being away for sometime.

When coming back home, there's a thrill you get at the airport when your friends and relatives meet at the airport; there's the anguish when you realise that your luggage is missing and the agony of adapting to your 'new' surrounding.

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