Dimo a Kenyan jazzman predicted Obama would someday become president.
"Believe me, I said Obama will become the U.S. president and it came to pass," he told onlookers. "Now, I can see he has planned to visit the village. He will come."according to Dimo.
The village's anticipation is matched by excitement throughout Kenya as it prepares for Obama's arrival Friday to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in the capital of
Crews are beautifying streets, repairing traffic lights and replacing old signs. Business owners are spiffing up their storefronts and sidewalks.
In Kogelo, about 200 miles northwest of the capital, villagers have erected an Obama statue to mark the president's visit. Local officials have renovated his father's grave. Merchants are selling Obama T-shirts, jeans and portraits.
"President Obama should find his home clean," said Janet Atieno, a woman planting flowers at the Kogelo Village Resort hotel in case the president drops by. "We've been cleaning the village since the news of his visit was announced."
Obama is not particularly close with his father's side of the family — the president's mother and his father divorced after three years of marriage — but his grandmother said she wanted to see him again.
"We're prepared to host him," said Mama Sarah Obama — whom the president refers to as "Granny" in his memoir. "It's a big win to all Kenyans."
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