Kenya: Women in Kibera Slums Still Amazed By Obama's Visit

31 October 2008
opinion

Nairobi — Ms Zam Obed has decided that on November 4, she and her family will put on "Barack Obama T-shirts" in readiness for an Obama win in the US presidential election scheduled for the same date. That will be on Tuesday.

There is a valid reason behind Ms Obed's excitement. It lies in the indelible mark that Mr Obama's last visit to Kibera two years ago left on members of a women's group she is in charge of.

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