Kenyans Name Their Children in Honor of Obama’s Visit

NAIROBI — (CNN) How do you honor a man considered a native son? By naming your sons after him — and hoping they follow in his footsteps.

That’s what some women did over the weekend in Kisumu, where the President’s father, Barack Obama Sr., hails from.

At least six children born while the President was in the country were named Barack Obama, local media reported.

Two were even named after the presidential jet.

“I have decided to call my baby AirForceOne Barack Obama so that we can all remember Obama’s visit to Kenya,” one of the mothers, Lucy Okoth, told The Daily Nation.

Obama’s visit to his father’s homeland featured many firsts.

It was the first time he visited the nation as the leader of the free world.

It was also the first time a sitting U.S. President had visited Kenya.

In nearby Ethiopia, he was expected to address the African Union at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, becoming the first sitting U.S. President to visit to do so.

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