Did the paper EVER correct their “mistake”?
Yes.
Lefts (sic) face it, Obama is not our own By Wallace Kantai, Sunday Standard Sunday, July 4th, 2004.
Simultaneous with Obamas rising stature is the increasing desire by Kenyans to identify with him. Typical newspaper headlines and messages flying around the Internet tend to lead with the theme "Kenyan-linked", or "Kenyan-American", or even, erroneously, "Kenyan-born".
People like identifying with winners, especially when they can be linked to them in a direct way. However, Kenyans are mistaken in attempting to claim Mr Barrack Obama as one of their own..."