Uhuru Kenyatta tweets US President Barack Obama

A screenshot of President Uhuru Kenyatta's Twitter account showing a tweet to US Presidnet Barack Obama on May 19,2015. PHOTO |   NATION MEDIA GROUP

In Summary

• The account, which already has 2 million followers, instantly became one of the world's top hacking targets.
• Obama describes himself as "Dad, husband, and 44th President of the United States."

By B M J MURIITHI
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President Uhuru Kenyatta was among world leaders to tweet Barack Obama on Tuesday after the American leader got his personal Twitter account.

"Welcome to @Twitter, @POTUS. I look forward to your visit to Kenya this July #TembeaKenya #GES2015Kenya," tweeted President Kenyatta.

On Monday, Mr Obama announced that he now has his own Twitter account, @POTUS (an acronym for President Of The United States)

"Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account," he wrote in an inaugural tweet.

The account, which already has 2 million followers, instantly became one of the world's top hacking targets, but will also allow Obama to tweet directly for the first time.

Until now Obama has tweeted through his executive staff @WhiteHouse or the remnants of his campaign staff @BarackObama.

"The @POTUS Twitter account will serve as a new way for President Obama to engage directly with the American people, with tweets coming exclusively from him," the White House said.

The already verified account features the customary headshot of Obama, but also a background photo of him walking over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in March, when he marked the 50th anniversary of a civil rights march that changed America.

Obama describes himself as "Dad, husband, and 44th President of the United States."