About Kogelo

Kogelo is a village in Kenya where United States of America President Barack Obama father was born . The president paternal grandmother Mama Sarah Anyango Obama, live in Kogelo.The village is Located in western Kenya ,near Lake Victoria and 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Kisumu city, the third largest city in Kenya.The largest city in Kenya is Nairobi which is the capital city . The President father Obama sr. the father of President Obama was born in 1932 in Kendu Bay Kenya. From 1950 to 1953, he studied at Maseno National School, a Christian boarding school that is run by the Anglican Church of Kenya . He received a scholarship in economics .The program offered Western educational opportunities to outstanding Kenyan students. At the age of 23, he enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Manoa where he met the president mother .He graduated from the University of Hawaii in June 1962, and traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to begin graduate study at Harvard University . He received a master's degree (AM) in economics from Harvard in 1965. On his return to Kenya, Obama Sr. was hired by an oil company and then served as an economist in the Ministry of Transport, and later became senior economist in the Ministry of Finance. He died in 1982 .	President Barack Obama plants a tree at Uhuru park in Nairobi assisted by Nobel Peace Laureate Prof Wangari Maathai of Kenya .In the back ground is daughters Sasha,Malia,and a friend .
About Kenya Within the borders of a Kenya, you will find savannahs rich with big game, timeless cultures unchanged by the modern world, pristine beaches and coral reef, equatorial forests and mighty snow-capped mountains, searing deserts and cool highland retreats and endless opportunities for adventure, discovery, relaxation; more than you would ever expect.	President Barack Obama then a young boy with his father.
Kenya lies astride the equator on the eastern coast of Africa. It is a medium-sized country by continental standards, covering an area of about 586,600km sq. Inland water bodies cover some 10,700km sq, the bulk of this in Lakes Victoria and Turkana. Kenya has tremendous topographical diversity, including glaciated mountains with snow-capped peaks, the Rift Valley with its scarps and volcanoes, ancient granitic hills, flat desert landscapes and coral reefs and islets.	The first lady Michelle Obama is Escorted to her vehicle when she and the President Visited Kogelo .
Travel to Kogelo For information about travelling to Kogelo contact the Kenya Tourist Board Tel: +254 20 271 1262 Fax: +254 20 271 9925	President Barack Obama with his grand mother ,half sister Auma,daughters Sasha,Malia,a friend and other family members in Kogelo .