I don't even think Obama chooses where to go. Its not like Africa where a president is blackmailed by his wife, that unless she is taken to Paris to buy Gucci bags and strings the following day, he will not have sex with her. And the following day, they are on a flight to paris!!! Obama may suggest where he wants to go but that has to go through a lot of processes. In his itinerary he was supposed to visit a game park in Tanzania...But that was struck off the schedule...He is not the one who struck it off...A US president does not have control over everything like in Africa. Just one small mistake can cause him the presidency! The republicans are looking at every step he makes to see where he will trip. I think if people understood some international politics and stopped copying and pasting 'African style' of doing things on other civilized' countries, all this hullabaloo would not be there.

@ Magigi, You've nailed it.

@Njung'e, this should be more of the foreign businessman is interested in Nandi and not Kisumu, however, if he visits Nandi and invites you (kisumu govt) to join him for a meeting that can potentially benefit you, you should not fura and say that he must come to Kisumu. What you must do is go to Nandi and convince the investor that there are better opportunities in Kisumu.

Moi used to say even if your mother runs around naked in the house you don't join your neighbours laughing at her. Bob has realized what the nation newspapers realised in the 60's. Nation then a small company identified with the nationalists while the standard/baraza was a mouthpiece for the colonialists. With independence Nation's market share grew and standard's shrunk. Bob knows his company has projected itself so kenyan no wonder despite their sometimes bad services I just can't leave them. Good business sense why bother with obama who will be out of office in 3 years anyway