Authorities are working out final preparations ahead of Friday’s arrival of US President Barack Obama for a two-day visit of his father’s homeland.

 Details emerged of Obama’s itinerary for his Kenya tour this week, with State House talks with his host President Uhuru Kenyatta and an address from Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi among the engagements.

 The arrival of President Obama, who is expected in the country late Friday to attend the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) that runs from July 25-26 in Nairobi, will occasion some disruptions because of closure of roads and massive security checks. Sunday, top traffic police officers met to plan handling of traffic in the course of his visit.

 Sources said up to 10,000 security officers will be deployed in addition to the visiting president’s security led by the US Secret Service. It emerged that police officers have been mobilised from Coast, Central, Eastern and Rift Valley regions to help beef up security in Nairobi.

In Nairobi, police are facing an accommodation crisis owing to a surge in bookings by officers who have been brought in from other areas. See also: We'll tell US President about rot in the system, Wetang'ula says “We have been booked to various police stations but generally, there is a crisis in accommodation.

 We hope we will be paid our allowances,” said one of the officers.  Leadership centre Obama is scheduled to make an address on Sunday at Safaricom Indoor Arena, Moi International Sports Complex, Kasarani, but details about the timings were unavailable. There are also reports that he could visit Kenyatta University to open a leadership centre.

On Saturday, President Kenyatta and President Obama will co-host the GES, a gathering of top entrepreneurs and high-level Government officials, at the UN compound in Gigiri, and thereafter hold bilateral talks and address a joint news conference at State House, Nairobi. Obama is also expected to meet Opposition leaders led by Raila Odinga and representatives of civil society groups. Also on Saturday, he is scheduled to visit the site of the 1998 US embassy bombing at the junction of Haile Sellassie and Moi avenues. President Kenyatta will host him to a dinner on Saturday night. The presence of the leader of the world’s superpower in the country comes with major inconveniences that are highlighted in a security advisory by the United Nations office in Nairobi to its employees.(Stardard Digital)