Impending visit by US President underscores the hypocrisy of Kenyan foreign policy

Kenya: When President Uhuru Kenyatta's spokesperson, Manoah Esipisu, announced that the world's most powerful bloke, Barrack .H. Obama would honor Kenya with a visit, social media exploded with excitement and the mainstream media roiled with commentary days on end.

This reaction was hardly surprising given the global profile and personal connection of the visitor to Kenya, the country where his father, Barrack Obama snr., was born. After snubbing for far too long his fatherland, the U.S State Department confirmed that the visit by the towering leader would materialize in July.