US President Barack Obama did not carry the gifts given to him by President Uhuru Kenyatta as mementos of his three-day tour due to a law that bars him from taking gifts.
President Kenyatta presented two portraits done by pencil artist Collins Okello and a sculpture of an elephant that he presented as gifts to President Obama. The two portraits together with the elephant sculpture are said to be worth $3,000.
Photos show President Obama smiling when he was shown the gifts at State House, Nairobi, by his host. He however had to leave the artwork behind because American laws forbid him from accepting gifts from other heads of state.
Gifts to an American President must first be cleared by the department in charge of gifts to the head of state and other state officers.
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