Obama fever grips Kenya

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Obama fever grips Kenya

With Obama leading in the polls in the closing days of the U.S. presidential race, his name is featured daily on talk shows and in newspaper columns in Kenya. In Kisumu, the lakeside town in western Kenya which his father's family hails, seemingly every resident brags of being an Obama cousin. Even Senator beer, a local brew, has been popularly renamed "Obama."Kenya in recent years has celebrated world champions in distance running and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, environmentalist Wangari Maathai. But no Kenyan hero has been as universally admired - or as ubiquitous - as Obama, whose most recent visit, in 2006, drew adoring crowds. Posters of a smiling Obama adorn the backs of Nairobi's psychedelic-colored minibus taxis, known as matatus, and radios blare songs praising him as a "homeboy" who would lead the world's most powerful nation. If most Kenyans have come to grips with the fact that an Obama victory won't necessarily change their fortunes, the prospect still inspires hope, national pride - and a little bit of mania.



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[koolaidria480]

Lol i couldn't understand a word that Kenyan lady was saying.

[rebeccababich]

PERFECT a place for obummer to go when He is kicked out of our WHITEHOUSE and kicked out of America for treason YEAAAAAAAAA!!

[princesseve1991]

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