THE STANDARD By
Isaiah Gwengi |
December 18th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Some of the dilapidated classrooms at Senator Barack Obama Primary School in Siaya. Inset: The school s head teacher, Charles Ochieng. [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]
After former US president Barack Obama’s visited Kogelo 14 years ago, two schools were named after him – Senator Obama Primary and Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary.
Obama was by then Illinois senator.
The village that he described in his memoirs writing that his life’s trajectory “was connected with this small plot of earth an ocean away,” held immense pride for Obama, with his name printed on children’s pencils, books and even backpacks.