President William Ruto has announced that Former United States President Barrack Obama will be visiting Kenya next year in his first visit since his second term as President expired.
Speaking during the launch of a strategic plan of the Kenya Young Parliamentarians Association, President Ruto said that the visit is one of the requests he made to the former president when he visited the US last month.
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According to Ruto, President Barrack Obama will help set up a leadership school at the University of Nairobi during his visit to Kenya aimed at fostering leadership education in the country.
“When I was in America, I asked for an appointment with President Barrack Obama and I asked him for one thing. I am an alumnus of UoN and I told him that his father was also an alumnus of UoN.”
President Ruto explained that Obama agreed to his request noting that he wanted Kenya to model the US which has the Kennedy Leadership School at Harvard University. In addition, Obama’s family has a strong connection with UoN due to his father studying at the University.
“I requested him to assist us set up a school in the fashion of Kennedy Leadership School in Havard. I asked him that we call it the Barrack Obama Leadership School. He agreed and will come here next year.”
The Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education undertake leadership programmes that equip leaders with skills and knowledge on problem-solving current challenges facing the world and organisations.
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Obama will also be networking with his friends to set up the institution that will also be named after him as he strives to help educate Kenyans who are interested in taking up leadership positions.