Summary

  • Obama takes tough line against corruption in Kenya

  • Differs with President Kenyatta on gay rights

  • Praises dynamism of Kenyan business

  • "Africa is on the move," he says

  • Lays a wreath at site of bombing of US embassy

  • Says "I will be back" as a private citizen

  1. Crowd disappointed not to see Obamapublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC reporter in Nairobi tweets:

  2. Crowds seeking to glimpse Obamapublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC journalist tweets from the crowds hoping to catch a glimpse of the US president:

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  3. Presidents to meet now at State Housepublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    Reuters correspondent in Nairobi tweets:

  4. Ruto will meet Obamapublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC reporter tweets that Kenya's deputy president, who is currently on trial at the International Criminal Court on violence-related charges he denies, will meet President Obama later:

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  5. Obama lays wreathpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    White House reporter for The Associated Press tweets:

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  6. Kenyatta word-by-wordpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    Kenya's president tweets:

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  7. Travelling by school buspublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC producer in Nairobi tweets:

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  8. 'The president was cool'published at 11:48 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC correspondent tweets after an entrepreneur meets President Obama at the Power Africa Innovation Fair:

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  9. Recce for Obamapublished at 11:34 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC reporter in Nairobi tweets on security activity before Mr Obama's vehicle, known as The Beast, passes by: 

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  10. Obama flies to next eventpublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC reporter in Nairobi tweets

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  11. In their own voicespublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    Listen to the two presidents in their own voices, thanks to the BBC's Kelvin Brown, external  who has uploaded their speeches to SoundCloud:

  12. Nairobi's deserted streetspublished at 10:55 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC reporter tweets about the continued heightened security in the Kenyan capital for President Obama's visit:

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  13. Corruption cartoonpublished at 10:54 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    The  @gathara, external cartoon in Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper makes a controversial point about alleged corruption as President visits the East African nation to promote entrepreneurship, which he said in his speech earlier was a way of to "push back against corruption":

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  14. Can that tech start-up help me?published at 10:39 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC Monitoring
    Janet Onyango

    A Twitter user wondered how the tech start-up Hello Tractor, whose founder shared a stage with President Obama at the Global Enterprise Summit earlier this morning, could help his farming business:

  15. 'No breadcrumbs'published at 09:58 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC Monitoring
    Janet Onyango

    A Kenyan reacts to President Obama's call for greater support for women entrepreneurs: 

  16. Obama's speech in four tweets:published at 09:27 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    The US embassy's summary of President Obama's appearance at the Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi:

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  17. 'Fresh and futuristic'published at 09:27 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC Monitoring
    Janet Onyango

    Kenyans on Twitter have been live tweeting quotes from President Obama's speech at the opening of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. They have also been reacting to the brief panel discussion following the president's speech:

    One Twitter user commented on President Obama's greeting in Sheng, a popular slang version of Kiswahili:

  18. 'Obama on top form'published at 09:17 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC reporter tweets:

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  19. 'Young people need a chance'published at 09:09 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC reporter tweets with more comments from the US president:

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  20. Presidents sit with entrepreneurspublished at 09:09 British Summer Time 25 July 2015

    BBC correspondent tweets

    BBC correspondent tweets from the business conference in the Kenya capital, with President Obama and President Kenyatta on stage with young business people:

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