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 .

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Africa Leaders

Africa Leaders Grouped by Country
  • Group 1 - Algeria , Angola , Benin , Botswana , Burkina Faso , Burundi
  • Group 2 - Cameroon , Cape Verde , Central African Republic , Chad , Comoros , Côte d'Ivoire
  • Group 3 - DR Congo , Djibouti , Egypt , Equatorial Guinea , Eritrea , Ethiopia
  • Group 4 - Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau
  • Group 5 - Kenya , Lesotho , Liberia , Libya , Madagascar
  • Group 6 - Malawi , Mali , Mauritania , Mauritius , Morocco , Mozambique
  • Group 7 - Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Republic of the Congo , Rwanda
  • Group 8 - Sao Tome and Principe , Senegal , Seychelles , Sierra Leone , Somalia
  • Group 9 - South Africa , Sudan , Swaziland , Tanzania , Togo
  • Group 10 - Tunisia , Uganda , Zambia , Zimbabwe

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Kogelo is located in Nyanza province of Kenya.Kenya is located in East Africa.
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Africa Leaders - 10

Tunisia
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Habib Bourguiba

Uganda
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
Tito Lutwa Okello
Bazilio Olara-Okello
Apolo Milton Obote
Idi Amin Dada

Zambia
Rupiah Bwezani Banda
Levy Patrick Mwanawasa
Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba
Kenneth David Kaunda

Zimbabwe
Robert Gabriel Karigamombe Mugabe
Canaan Sodindo Banana

Africa Leaders - 9

South Africa
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Frederik Willem de Klerk

Sudan
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir
Ahmed Al-Mirghani
Abdel Rahman Suwar al-Dahab
Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry
John Garang de Mabior

Swaziland
King Mswati III
King Ngwenyama Sobhuza II

Tanzania
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
Benjamin William Mkapa
Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Julius Kambarage Nyerere

Togo
Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe
El-Hadj Bonfoh Abass
Gnassingbe Eyadéma

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Africa Leaders - 8

Sao Tome and Principe
Fradique Melo de Menezes
Fernando "Cobo" Pereira
Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada
Manuel Pinto da Costa

Senegal
Abdoulaye Wade
Abdou Diouf
Leopold Sedar Senghor

Seychelles
James Alix Michel
France-Albert Rene
James Richard Marie Mancham

Sierra Leone
Ernest Bai Koroma
Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
Julius Maada Bio
Valentine Esegragbo Melvine Strasser
Joseph Saidu Momoh
Siaka Probyn Stevens

Somalia
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
Adan Mohamed Nuur "Madobe"
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Abdiqasim Salad Hassan
Hussein Mohamed Farrah
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Ali Mahdi Muhammad
Mohamed Siad Barre
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
Aden Abdulle Osman Daar

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Africa Leaders - 7

Namibia
Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba
Samuel Daniel Shafiishuna Nujoma

Niger
Tandja Mamadou
Daouda Malam Wanké
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
Mahamane Ousmane
Ali Saibou

Nigeria
Umaru Musa YarAdua
Olusẹgun Mathew Okikiọla Arẹmu Ọbasanjo
Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar
Sani Abacha
Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
Muhammadu Buhari
Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari
Murtala Ramat Mohammed
Yakubu "Jack" Dan-Yumma Gowon
Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe

Republic of the Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Pascal Lissouba
Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya

Rwanda
Paul Kagame
Pasteur Bizimungu
Théodore Sindikubwabo
Juvénal Habyarimana
Grégoire Kayibanda
Dominique Mbonyumutwa

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Africa Leaders - 6

Malawi
Bingu wa Mutharika
Elson Bakili Muluzi
Hastings Kamuzu Banda

Mali
Amadou Toumani Touré
Alpha Oumar Konaré
Moussa Traoré
Modibo Keita

Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Ba Mamadou dit Mbaré
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly

Mauritius
Anerood Jugnauth
Karl Auguste Offmann
Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay
Angidi Verriah Chettiar
Cassam Uteem
Veerasamy Ringadoo

Morocco
King Mohammed VI
King Hassan II

Mozambique
Armando Emílio Guebuza
Joaquim Alberto Chissano
Samora Moisés Machel

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Africa Leaders - 5

Kenya
Mwai Kibaki
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi
Jomo Kenyatta

Lesotho
King Letsie III
King Moshoeshoe II

Liberia
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Gyude Bryant
Moses Zeh Blah
Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor
Samuel Kanyon Doe
William Richard Tolbert, Jr.
William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman
Edwin James Barclay

Libya
Muammar Abu Minyar al - Gaddafi
King Idris I - Sayyid Muhammad Idris bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Senussi

Madagascar
Andry Nirina Rajoelina
Marc Ravalomanana
Didier Ratsiraka
Gabriel Ramanantsoa
Philibert Tsiranana

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Africa Leaders - 4

Gabon
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba

Gambia
Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jimmy Junking Jammeh
Dawda Kairaba Jawara

Ghana
John Evans Atta Mills
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor
Jerry John Rawlings
Hilla Limann
Kwame Nkrumah

Guinea
Moussa Dadis Camara
El Hajj Aboubacar Somparé
Lansana Conté
Ahmed Sékou Touré

Guinea-Bissau
Malam Bacai Sanhá
Raimundo Pereira
João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira
Carmen Pereira
Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral

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Africa Leaders - 3

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Joseph Kabila Kabange
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
Mobutu Sésé Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga
Joseph Kasa-Vubu

Djibouti
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Hassan Gouled Aptidon

Egypt
Muhammad Hosni Mubarak
Sufi Abu Taleb
Muhammad Anwar Al Sadat
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Muhammad Naguib

Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Francisco Macías Nguema

Eritrea
Isaias Afewerki

Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi Asres
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Emperor Haile Selassie

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Africa Leaders - 2

Cameroon
Paul Biya
Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo

Cape Verde
Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires
António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro
Aristides Maria Pereira

Central African Republic
François Bozizé Yangouvonda
Ange-Félix Patassé
André-Dieudonné Kolingba
David Dacko
Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa

Chad
Idriss Déby Itno
Hissène Habré
Goukouni Oueddei
Félix Malloum

The Comoros
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
Azali Assoumani
Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde

Côte d'Ivoire
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo
Robert Guéï
Aimé Henri Konan Bédié
Félix Houphouët-Boigny

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Africa Leaders - 1

Algeria
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Liamine Zéroual
Ali Kafi
Mohamed Boudiaf
Chadli Bendjedid
Rabah Bitat
Houari Boumediène
Mohamed Ahmed Ben Bella
Ferhat Abbas
Abdur Rahman Farès

Angola
José Eduardo dos Santos
António Agostinho Neto

Benin
Thomas Yayi Boni
Mathieu Kérékou
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin
Christophe Soglo

Botswana
Seretse Khama Ian Khama
Festus Gontebanye Mogae
Quett Ketumile Joni Masire
Sir Seretse Khama

Burkina Faso
Blaise Compaoré
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara

Burundi
Pierre Nkurunziza
Domitien Ndayizeye
Pierre Buyoya
Sylvestre Ntibantunganya
Cyprien Ntaryamira
Sylvie Kinigi
François Ngeze
Melchior Ndadaye

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