Kenya ready to fete Obama return

[MaineDem]

Kenyans are preparing a hero's welcome for US Senator Barack Obama, who is to make his first visit to his father's homeland since his 2004 election.

The road to his family village of Nyangoma Kogalo in western Kenya has been upgraded and local residents have been busy cutting the grass.

Pupils at a local school have been rehearsing a song to welcome him.

Mr Obama is the only black US Senator and is seen as a rising star of the Democratic party.

He is expected to arrive in Nairobi on Thursday, before travelling west at the weekend.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5281190.stm

[Eurobabe]

1. The saddest part of that story is that Obama is America's

"only black senator."

WTF is wrong with this country that it is 2006 and we one African-American senator, and have yet to elect a female President.

[Heidi]

2. Locking.

Duplicate of: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2472394