Wangari mathai
- 1. Corrected - PresidentObama's reminiscenceof Professor WangariMaathaiduring visit to Kenya On the leftisGreenBeltMovementBoardChairWanjiraMathai and PresidentObamaatthe State BanquethostedbyPresidentUhuru KenyattaatState House Nairobi.Onthe right,PresidentKenyatta witha guestat the event. GreenBeltMovement(GBM) was well representedatthe State BanquetheldatState House Nairobi in honourof visitingU.S.PresidentBarackObamaonJuly25, 2015 . Amongthe invitedguestswasWanjiraMathai,GBM's Board Chair,who hadthe opportunitytomeet PresidentObamaandshare a fewwords. In hisspeech,PresidentUhuruKenyattareferredtoProfessorWangari Maathai and Barack Obama Sr. as distinguished Kenyanswhohadstronghistorical tiestothe UnitedStatesthroughthe KennedyAirlift. Duringhisspeechto the people of Kenya,PresidentObamahighlightedthe greatstridesmade by Kenyanwomenasevidence of the value of womeninthe societyamongthemthe Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai. "Kenyacontinuestocarve outa distinctplace amongthe nations.The countryisa leaderfor conservation,followinginthe footprintsof Wangari Maathai,"he said. On hislastday inthe country,PresidentObama metwithrepresentativesof Civil Societyorganizations at the YoungAfricanLeadersInitiative (YALI) RegionalLeadershipCenterinNairobi andinattendance was Ms. WanjiraMathai. Whenhe last visitedKenyainAugust2006 as the IllinoisState Senator,BarackObamametProfessor Maathai and togethertheyplantedatree atUhuru Park in Nairobi.
- 2. August,2006, in Nairobi,Kenya:ThenSen.BarackObamaplantsa tree with2004 Nobel Peace Prize winnerWangari Maathai. US PresidentBarackObamaspeaks duringan eventwithrepresentativesof Civil Societyorganisationsat the Young AfricanLeadersInitiative (YALI) Regional LeadershipCenterinNairobi onJuly26,2015.