By Maritim Evans
There has been a lot of preparations as Kenya expects the United States President Barack Obama to land in the country in two weeks time.
Nairobi city has been embellished and it is now the "City-in-the-Sun" as it used to be referred to in the past. Nothing within the heart of capital has been left undecorated. In fact the famous Uhuru Park in the centre of the city has been made awesome unlike before when the park was left for days without grass being trimmed.
Pathways between the roads in Nairobi has been filled with blossoming flowers that have left Nairobians mesmerised. They could not imagine a place that used to be dusty to accommodate flowers, but that has really changed. The county government planted grass and flowers and they are being watered day and night_ this has made the whole place look marvellous.
Planting flowers and trimming them in the capital city seem not enough to welcome the president of the most powerful nation in the world. The government has gone an extra mile and fix lights in different places within the capital city. Nearly all corners within Nairobi central business district has new installed lights. In fact the lights that have been put in major roads like Uhuru Highway and State House Road are not ordinary lights that government usually install within the city.
The lights are similar to those in the US. The lights are too bright that people with sights problem cannot stand to look at for a long time.
Even as decoration of the city continues, the United States Presidential vehicles known as the "Beasts" have finally arrived in the country. The presidential official vehicles landed in the country on Thursday morning.
The beasts are basically designed to protect the US president. Two of the 12 vehicles are so much alike that ordinary people cannot differentiate them. President can use either of the two.
Apart from the vehicles, media reports said not less than five American army jets will patrol the airspace of Kenyan capital.
As if that is not enough, 200 navy soldiers will be patrolling the Kenyan waters in the Indian Ocean. About 500 security guards will also be protecting the president while he is in the country. The US presidential security guards said they will only accept to work with recce squad and not any other soldier team while they will be in the country.
The heavy security that has been accorded to the president was necessitated by several terror attacks that al-Shabaab has undertaken in the country.
There has been a lot of preparations as Kenya expects the United States President Barack Obama to land in the country in two weeks time.
Nairobi city has been embellished and it is now the "City-in-the-Sun" as it used to be referred to in the past. Nothing within the heart of capital has been left undecorated. In fact the famous Uhuru Park in the centre of the city has been made awesome unlike before when the park was left for days without grass being trimmed.
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| Security officers guarding the United States President. PHOTO/COURTESY |
Planting flowers and trimming them in the capital city seem not enough to welcome the president of the most powerful nation in the world. The government has gone an extra mile and fix lights in different places within the capital city. Nearly all corners within Nairobi central business district has new installed lights. In fact the lights that have been put in major roads like Uhuru Highway and State House Road are not ordinary lights that government usually install within the city.
The lights are similar to those in the US. The lights are too bright that people with sights problem cannot stand to look at for a long time.
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| Airforce One and one of the presidential vehicles known as the beats. PHOTO/COURTESY |
The beasts are basically designed to protect the US president. Two of the 12 vehicles are so much alike that ordinary people cannot differentiate them. President can use either of the two.
Apart from the vehicles, media reports said not less than five American army jets will patrol the airspace of Kenyan capital.
As if that is not enough, 200 navy soldiers will be patrolling the Kenyan waters in the Indian Ocean. About 500 security guards will also be protecting the president while he is in the country. The US presidential security guards said they will only accept to work with recce squad and not any other soldier team while they will be in the country.
The heavy security that has been accorded to the president was necessitated by several terror attacks that al-Shabaab has undertaken in the country.
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