Obama in Africa: I'm Proud To Be First Kenyan-American President

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JUL 26 2015, 7:26 PM ET

Obama in Africa: I'm Proud To Be First Kenyan-American President


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NAIROBI, Kenya — President Barack Obama spoke proudly of his Kenyan heritage before a raucous and affectionate crowd in Nairobi on Sunday. 

"I am proud to be the first American president to come to Kenya, and of course I'm the first Kenyan-American to be president of the United States," he told the packed sports hall in Nairobi, to the loud cheers of over 4,500 people in the audience. It was the time he referred to himself as such. 

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The president recalled his first trip to Africa, at the age of 27, when he arrived at the airport and tried to find his luggage. He said, a woman who saw his name asked if Obama was related to his father, whom she had known. 

"That was the first time my name meant something and that it was recognized," the president said. He went on to meet "brothers, aunts and uncles ... saw the graves of my grandfather and father." 

Obama's father is buried in western Kenya. 

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But the personal quickly gave way to the practical and political, with Obama pledging to stand by Kenya as it battles terrorism and calling on all Kenyans to stamp out corruption. 

"Every shilling that's a bribe could be put in the pockets of someone doing an honest day's work," he said.

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