National holiday for Obama in Kenya
07 November 2008 à 11h27
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In Africa and particularly in Kenya, people stayed home from work to follow BarackObama’s election; he is the first African-American president at the White House. This Thursday, a public holiday has been declared by Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki for Kenyans to celebrate the election of Obama.
In Kenya, everybody received the nomination of Senator Obama with jubilation. In Nairobi, there were crowds singing “We are going to the White House ”, dancing, waving branches and carrying posters of Obama along one of Nairobi's major highways.
At Kogelo, the village of Barack Obama's paternal grandmother in the west of Kenya, people were overcome with emotion at the nomination of the Senator.
After the triumphal announcement of his win, Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki congratulated president-elect Obama and designated Thursday a public holiday for Kenyans to celebrate the historic achievement.
“Your victory is not only an inspiration to millions of people all over the world, but it has special resonance with us here in Kenya ”, he said.
For him, the victory of senator Obama is also a victory of Kenyans because of his roots here in Kenya. “ As a country, we are full of pride for his success ”, he said. Kenyans consider Barack Obama as “ a son of their land ” because his father was Kenyan.
Another president who congratulated president-elect Obama is South African president Kgalema Motlanthe. “Africa, which today stands proud of your achievements, can only but look forward to a fruitful working relationship with you, both at a bilateral and multilateral levels in our endeavour to create a better world for all who live in it ”, he said. The result “ carries with it hope for millions of Americans and people of African descent ”, he added.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection
http://www.thaindian.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
In Kenya, everybody received the nomination of Senator Obama with jubilation. In Nairobi, there were crowds singing “We are going to the White House ”, dancing, waving branches and carrying posters of Obama along one of Nairobi's major highways.
At Kogelo, the village of Barack Obama's paternal grandmother in the west of Kenya, people were overcome with emotion at the nomination of the Senator.
After the triumphal announcement of his win, Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki congratulated president-elect Obama and designated Thursday a public holiday for Kenyans to celebrate the historic achievement.
“Your victory is not only an inspiration to millions of people all over the world, but it has special resonance with us here in Kenya ”, he said.
For him, the victory of senator Obama is also a victory of Kenyans because of his roots here in Kenya. “ As a country, we are full of pride for his success ”, he said. Kenyans consider Barack Obama as “ a son of their land ” because his father was Kenyan.
Another president who congratulated president-elect Obama is South African president Kgalema Motlanthe. “Africa, which today stands proud of your achievements, can only but look forward to a fruitful working relationship with you, both at a bilateral and multilateral levels in our endeavour to create a better world for all who live in it ”, he said. The result “ carries with it hope for millions of Americans and people of African descent ”, he added.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection
http://www.thaindian.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
