Barack Obama’s visit to Kenya served to endorse an undeserving regime

It gives me no pleasure to write this critique — post-mortem — of President Barack Hussein Obama’s visit to Kenya. That’s because I support many of Mr Obama’s policies in the United States.

He’s a transformational figure. But his visit last month to Kenya was driven by sinister motives. Simply put, Mr Obama’s Kenyan “homecoming” was a disaster for democracy and human rights. The son of K’Ogelo — who’s the world’s most powerful human — squandered the prestige and power of his office to bestow recognition on a corrupt and illiberal regime that’s bereft of basic decency and legitimacy.