What Kenya’s Barack Obamas are saying about President Obama

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Last month, ahead of President Obama's visit to Kenya, my colleague Kevin Sieff journeyed to his ancestral village in western Kenya where his father was born.

There Sieff encountered Barack Obama Okoth, one of many Barack Obamas named after the U.S. president in the wake of his political success. Here's what the young Barack Obama told the Post about the man in the White House:

“He lives in America, and he’s a king,” the 7-year-old said after a long pause. It’s easy to understand why the young Barack would think so. He attends Senator Barack Obama Primary School, a stop on the Barack Obama Safari Tour, near a hotel that offers a Barack Obama Suite.

The young lad, who says he wants to be a doctor, is far from the only kid in town named Barack Obama.

A Guardian reporter this week met some others, including 5-year-old Barack Obama Oyoo.

"When I’m president like Obama I’ll ride in big cars and big plane," said Oyoo. The U.S. president's name seems to a carry a totemic power on its own.

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