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  • Sen. Barack Obama electrifies Kenyans (a 'local kid' made good)

    08/29/2006 2:15:04 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 52 replies · 1,130+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/29/06 | Tom Maliki - ap
    NAIROBI, Kenya - During a visit to his father's homeland, Sen. Barack Obama electrified the thousands of Kenyans who thronged every stop of his tour. Some hoped for promises of largesse, others to bask in the glory of a successful African-American politician, but all wanted to see the man they consider a local kid made good. "Simply by coming here, he was making a very important statement. He was telling all Kenyans, and especially our youth, that the sky is really the limit," columnist Dominic Odipo wrote in Kenya's oldest newspaper, The Standard. This despite the fact that Obama never...