Former US President Barack Obama has commended Kenya for the progress in the fight against corruption.
Speaking on Monday, Obama said that the country has made tremendous progress but there is a lot to be done.
“But we know real progress lies in addressing the challenges that remain. It means rooting out the corruption to make a civic life. It means not seeing different ethnicities as enemies but rather as allies and seeing the diversity of tribes not as a weakness, but as a strength.”Obama noted.
“Kenya has made extraordinary strides in recent decades. The barriers of progress that young Kenyans face today are not as rigid as the ones that might have faced previous generations. There has been real progress in this amazing country and it should inspire today’s young Kenyans to demand even more progress,” said Obama.
He further hailed the Building Bridges initiative of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition chief Raila Odinga.
“Despite some of the tumultuous times seen after elections, we now have a President and Opposition leader who have pledged to build bridges and have made specific commitments to work together," Obama.
Obama was speaking during the launch of the Sauti Kuu Foundation centre in his ancestral home of K’Ogelo in Siaya County.