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Kama alivyokuwa Obama kizazi cha Kenya ndivyo alivyo Biden kizazi cha Ireland na Rishi kizazi cha India.
Rais Joe Biden ataitembelea Ireland na kuzuru maeneo ya kizazi chake.
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US President Joe Biden will return to his roots in County Mayo on Friday on the final day of his visit to Ireland.
Mr Biden has links to the county through his great grandfather Edward Blewitt.
The president is due to speak at a homecoming celebration outside St Muredach's Cathedral in the town of Ballina on Friday night.
A crowd of up to 20,000 people are expected to line the streets of the town for the event.
It is thought that the president will be presented with a brick from a fireplace that is the last surviving piece of his ancestral home in the town.
St Muredach's Cathedral in Ballina is lit up ahead of Friday's festivities
The mayor of Ballina, Mark Duffy, said people were eagerly awaiting the president's arrival.
"This is a homecoming event, it's a welcome home where he has family and friends in the area," he told BBC News NI.
"I hope there is respect given to that because they are true ties, they are sincere links, it's not engineered, it's not fabricated.
"It's meaningful for the president, it's meaningful for the people here in town."
The people of Ballina have been preparing for the visit all week
Mags Downey Martin of Ballina Chamber of Commerce said it was "an epic, unbelievable, out of this world experience for Ballina".
"I mean you can't quantify it. You cannot say what it means for us," she said.
"On the one hand, it's a very monumental day - we're welcoming the President Joe Biden back. He was here in 2016 as VP [vice president], had a lovely walk about the town, thoroughly enjoyed it and all the locals got to meet him and shake his hand.
"This is a very different experience this time, but equally extremely important and symbolic that he's decided to come back to Ballina, come back to his home in County Mayo."
Danny O'Reilly of the Coronas played for Barack Obama too
A star-studded line-up of Irish musicians, including The Academic, The Chieftains and The Coronas, is set to entertain the crowd at St Muredach's Cathedral on Friday.
Coronas' frontman Danny O'Reilly told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme that the band are"buzzing" to perform for another US president, having previously played for Barrack Obama during his 2011 visit.
"We were literally just asked to get involved earlier this week and it's been all go, a lot of security, a lot of planning," he said.
"It's a strange gig but it's so exciting... the whole town is just buzzing for it, it's definitely an event that we won't forget.
"It's one of those bucket list things you're just happy to be involved in," he added.
Mr O'Reilly added he understands the Mayo GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) team and former Irish president Mary Robinson will also be taking to the stage.
Mr Biden will make a couple of stops on the way to Ballina, including at Knock Shrine in the county.
The shrine is a holy site and pilgrimage site for Catholics.
In 1879 locals said they saw an apparition of Mary, Joseph, John the Evangelist, angels and an altar with a cross and a lamb (representing Jesus).
Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage there in 1979 to mark the centennial of the apparition. According to Irish tourism sites, 1.5m pilgrims visit Knock Shrine every year.
The president will also visit the North Mayo Heritage Centre.
Its family history research unit works with people around the world who want to trace their ancestry from Mayo.
Locals hope President Biden will pose for a selfie by this pop-art mural
Gardai [Irish police] in County Mayo have announced a number of traffic restrictions surrounding the presidential visit.
Rais Joe Biden ataitembelea Ireland na kuzuru maeneo ya kizazi chake.
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US President Joe Biden will return to his roots in County Mayo on Friday on the final day of his visit to Ireland.
Mr Biden has links to the county through his great grandfather Edward Blewitt.
The president is due to speak at a homecoming celebration outside St Muredach's Cathedral in the town of Ballina on Friday night.
A crowd of up to 20,000 people are expected to line the streets of the town for the event.
It is thought that the president will be presented with a brick from a fireplace that is the last surviving piece of his ancestral home in the town.
St Muredach's Cathedral in Ballina is lit up ahead of Friday's festivities
The mayor of Ballina, Mark Duffy, said people were eagerly awaiting the president's arrival.
"This is a homecoming event, it's a welcome home where he has family and friends in the area," he told BBC News NI.
"I hope there is respect given to that because they are true ties, they are sincere links, it's not engineered, it's not fabricated.
"It's meaningful for the president, it's meaningful for the people here in town."
The people of Ballina have been preparing for the visit all week
Mags Downey Martin of Ballina Chamber of Commerce said it was "an epic, unbelievable, out of this world experience for Ballina".
"I mean you can't quantify it. You cannot say what it means for us," she said.
"On the one hand, it's a very monumental day - we're welcoming the President Joe Biden back. He was here in 2016 as VP [vice president], had a lovely walk about the town, thoroughly enjoyed it and all the locals got to meet him and shake his hand.
"This is a very different experience this time, but equally extremely important and symbolic that he's decided to come back to Ballina, come back to his home in County Mayo."
Danny O'Reilly of the Coronas played for Barack Obama too
A star-studded line-up of Irish musicians, including The Academic, The Chieftains and The Coronas, is set to entertain the crowd at St Muredach's Cathedral on Friday.
Coronas' frontman Danny O'Reilly told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme that the band are"buzzing" to perform for another US president, having previously played for Barrack Obama during his 2011 visit.
"We were literally just asked to get involved earlier this week and it's been all go, a lot of security, a lot of planning," he said.
"It's a strange gig but it's so exciting... the whole town is just buzzing for it, it's definitely an event that we won't forget.
"It's one of those bucket list things you're just happy to be involved in," he added.
Mr O'Reilly added he understands the Mayo GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) team and former Irish president Mary Robinson will also be taking to the stage.
Mr Biden will make a couple of stops on the way to Ballina, including at Knock Shrine in the county.
The shrine is a holy site and pilgrimage site for Catholics.
In 1879 locals said they saw an apparition of Mary, Joseph, John the Evangelist, angels and an altar with a cross and a lamb (representing Jesus).
Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage there in 1979 to mark the centennial of the apparition. According to Irish tourism sites, 1.5m pilgrims visit Knock Shrine every year.
The president will also visit the North Mayo Heritage Centre.
Its family history research unit works with people around the world who want to trace their ancestry from Mayo.
Locals hope President Biden will pose for a selfie by this pop-art mural
Gardai [Irish police] in County Mayo have announced a number of traffic restrictions surrounding the presidential visit.
ambao wana asili ya Ireland na Obama akiwemo 
