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U.S. president jets in Kenya for three-day visit

Xinhua, July 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Kenya on Friday evening to begin a three-day visit to Kenya amid tight security mounted by both local and American security agencies.

A jovial Obama was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi by his host, President Uhuru Kenyatta and senior government officials from both the two countries.

The security forces had been patrolling JKIA, one of the busiest airports in East and Central Africa, and the capital had also been put on a virtual lockdown ahead of Obama's first visit to the country as president.

Heavily armed security officers manned the airport main entrance as they scan and screen incoming vehicles and passengers being dropped at the airport for various destinations. Endit