Visiting former United States President Barrack Obama's fifth tour of the nation and third of his Kogelo ancestral land has been faulted by a section of Nyanza leaders.
This is after revelations that the former international leader might not spare some time in his busy schedule to meet area leaders before his departure for South Africa.
Such include his host lawmaker Samuel Atandi, the parliamentarian for Alego Usonga, who has said that it will be wrong for the 44th US President to ignore locals in his visit.
"I hope there will be an opportunity for him to engage his kinsmen through the local leadership. I will be present together with four invited Nyanza MPs," Atandi told the Daily Nation on Sunday.
His remarks have since been echoed by former Kisumu Deputy Governor Ruth Odinga and East Alego Member of County Assembly (MCA) Joseph Mboha, who has maintained that his visit will be quite useless if he fails to carry out the same.
"We would wish for Obama to address his brothers and sisters after inaugurating the resource centre. If this cannot happen, then we don’t think his visit to the village is justified," he was quoted.
Another section has, however, given the schedule a clean bill of health, led by Governors Anyang' Nyong'o and Cornel Rasanga of Kisumu and Siaya respectively.
"The agenda for the visit was announced before his visit, and it will be undiplomatic for us to load that agenda. We are just playing host and must respect the purpose of his coming here. We must not pressupose any other thing, that is not diplomatic etiquette," the governor told the paper.
Obama is expected to leave for South Africa later at noon.