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Barack Obama Snr sent bar bills to Jaramogi and Tom Mboya

Barack Obama with his father, Barack Obama Sr. in an undated family photo from the 1970s. Photo: Courtesy.

He was a product of the 'African Airlifts' that saw many Kenyans land in American universities. While we were colonized by the British, Kenyans looked to the 'land of the free and home of the brave' for higher education through the airlifts of the 1950s.

It was these 'airlift graduates' who helped spur growth on returning home.

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