Fredrick Odhiambo Donde is a former United Nations staff member based in Nairobi. He previously worked for the Ministry of Water Development in Kenya. He is a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Nairobi and currently lives in Nairobi with his family. His decision to write was driven by the fact that other than old family ties with the Obamas, his home County of Siaya was making history as the ancestral heritage of the US President.