Who was the little Kenyan girl who greeted United States President Barrack Obama upon his arrival in his homeland? There has been several speculations about the identity of the first person President Obama met off the plane in Nairobi and presented him with flowers.
According to Nation Life as reported by BBC News, the little girl is an orphan named Joan Wamaitha and currently schools in Mariakani.
Eight year old #JoanWamaitha who gave @POTUS flowers at #JKIA is an orphan, she schools #Mariakanipic.twitter.com/LXWSNVUHeW
— Nation FM (@NationFMKe) July 24, 2015
It’s so magnanimous of Kenya to choose someone from a humble background to be the first person to meet the US President….awesome!
Check out more photos below….