Obama ends Kenya visit with tough message
US President Barack Obama yesterday ended a landmark visit to Kenya, urging the east African nation and birthplace of his father to renounce corruption, tribalism and inequality.
Speaking to a raucous crowd in an indoor arena in the capital Nairobi, Obama said Kenya needed to ditch "bad traditions" including endemic bribe-taking, domestic violence, female genital mutilation and communal violence.
"Kenya is at a crossroads, a moment filled with enormous peril but also enormous promise," he said.
Obama promised to be back when his presidency ends for climbing and leisure time. Obama later left Kenya for Ethiopia.
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