Mombasa senator Hassan Omar has demanded the US government to release a Kenyan being help at the Guntanamo Bay prison.
Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu was arrested in 2007 on suspicion of being a terrorist.
He was transferred to Guantanamo Bay a month after his arrest.
The Joint Task Force at Guantanamo Bay alleged that Bajabu was a member of the East Africa Al-Qaeda network.
They suspected that he participated in providing weapons and planning terrorist acts against US interests.
Omar, however, says Bajabu is innocent, adding that he has been cleared of the charges in the US, The Nation reports.
According to Citizen Tv, Omar was speaking at Longo Primary School in Mtongwe, Mombasa County where he asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to pass on the relerase request to Obama during his visit.
Guantanamo is a U.S. military prison located within a naval base in Cuba.
It is reportedly one of the worst prisons in the US.
During his presidential campaign, Obama had promised to have it closed.
Omar now wants Obama to keep his word and release the Busia born Kenyan.
