Former U.S. President Bill Clinton Visits East Africa

The former leader's tour, undertaken with his daugher, Chelsea, comes two months before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit in July. Clinton and Chelsea visited a range of projects financed by Clinton philanthropic initiatives.

On April 29, President Clinton visited the Clinton Development Initiative’s Ngongwa Anchor Farm. He then visited Wazia Chawala and her son at their home. Wazia runs a CDI demonstration plot where she shows other members of the community the techniques that help her increase her output and improve her income.

Monica Otieno shows Chelsea Clinton the pediatric outpatient department at the Mbagathi District Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. On May 1, 2015, Chelsea Clinton visited the Outpatient Clinic of the Mbagathi District Hospital to view the work of the Clinton Health Access Initiative in promoting Zinc/ORS to treat diarrhea. Chelsea toured the pediatric outpatient department where Monica Otieno and other health care professionals manage sick children under five years of age, including those who suffer from diarrhea.

President Uhuru Kenyatta with former United States President Bill Clinton at State House, Nairobi.

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