Former U.S President Obama to Relocate to Kenya in June

When formerr U.S President Barack Obama visited his grandmother Mama Sarah Obama in Kogelo in 1987. [File, Standard]

Former US President Barack Obama is resettling in Kenya for at least a year as Special Envoy for US Diplomacy (SED), a deployment which he said "makes me truly grateful as I pay tribute to the land of my father- and forefathers".

Nominated by President Joe Biden, who was Obama's Vice President between 2009 and 2016, the former president, codenamed "Renegade", was confirmed by The US Senate, which is increasingly exploring the possibility of sending retired Presidents to countries of their ancestry.