Save a goat from being barbecued--defeat Obama

by Ich bin Ala-awkbarph Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:00 pm

All Obama kin to spend voting day in Kogelo

By Ben Agina and George Olwenya

US Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s stepmother is in the country as the family flocks back to Kenya to celebrate his imminent election victory, The Standard can report.

Mrs Keziah Grace Obama, the first wife of Obama senior, arrived in the country on Saturday night aboard Kenya Airways Flight 103 from London.

She will be in the country for three weeks before returning to her base in Bracknell, Buckshire County in the UK.

Although she did not accept a formal interview, Mrs Obama, who is in her early 60s, chatted freely.

colour of change

She was in a wheelchair, as she has recently undergone hip replacement surgery. She had a badge with Senator Obama’s portrait pinned to her lapel and wore an orange dress and headscarf. A Kenya Airways attendant wheeled her through the airport.

Asked in dholuo why she was in orange colours, she laughed and said, "Wuoda (my son), you know orange is the colour of change in Kenya. We want change we can believe."