History of Kenya’s ties with world’s big brother since independence

 

Residents at the trading centre in US President Barack Obama’s ancestral village of K’Ogelo. Officials have said Obama will spend private time with family members but will not travel to the village. [PHOTO: REUTERS]

 

Since independence, Kenya has practically been the go-to guy for the United States of America in a volatile, politically unstable region.

The association of the two countries was further cemented in death, blood and suffering during the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi.