Kenya: Tough Speech That Kicked Off Diplomatic Feud

3 November 2008

Nairobi — When he strolled into a hall at the University of Nairobi to give a public address, American Senator Barack Obama may not have imagined that his speech would kick off a diplomatic feud with the Kenyan Government.

Mr Obama's take on Kenya's anti-corruption record, anti-terror policy and negative ethnicity sparked swift reaction from sections of the Government, led by spokesman Alfred Mutua and ambassador to the US, Mr Peter Oginga Ogego.

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