WRAP Obama's family in Kenya prepare for US election ADDS Nairobi voxpops
(3 Nov 2008) Kogelo 1. Wide of policemen outside gate of US Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama's grandmother's house 2. Various of policemen patrolling 3. Close of police inside compound of Obama's grandmother's home 4. Various of person reading newspaper 5. Close of newspaper (Standard) with Obama picture on front page 6. Obama's half-brother Malik Obama walking towards camera 7. Obama's cousin wearing T-shirt with Obama picture on it 8. Close of Obama picture on T-shirt reading "Change we can believe in" 9. Wide of Malik Obama giving news conference with his son Barack Kbongo Obama - Barack's nephew - on his lap 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Malik Obama, Barack Obama's half-brother: "Everybody is extremely happy and excited and looking forward to celebrating the day after the elections." 11. Close of cameraman 12. Close of photographer 13. Wide of journalists Nairobi 14. Wide of Nairobi city centre 15. Wide of newspaper stand 16. Tilt up from newspapers to man reading the Daily Nation newspaper, headline reading: (English) "US Poll: Why Obama is the world's choice" 17. Pan of newspaper headlines reading: (English) "Party mood as Obama on course for victory" to newspaper headline reading: (English) "US Poll: Why Obama is the world's choice" 18. Tilt up of worldwide poll results in newspaper with headline reading: (English) "World prefers Obama win" 19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Steven Mbote, Nairobi resident: "If Obama loses, we will all believe that there is rigging also in America, because he has been leading in the polls all along and I will not understand why Obama has lost if they tell us Obama has lost. That will definitely show that they have rigged Obama out because of racism and colour." 20. Mid of pedestrians walking 21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lillian Aluoch, Nairobi resident: "We hope that Obama wins because we believe he is going to bring change into Africa and to the whole world. As the saying goes: behind every successful man there is a woman and this woman is Michelle Obama. We hope that she is going to be a good first lady to America and to Africa and that she is going to give hope to all women of Africa." 22. Various of Nairobi street scenes with traffic and pedestrians STORYLINE: The Kenyan family of the US Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama said on Monday, they were looking forward to celebrating after Tuesday's elections in the United States. Police have been posted outside the family's home in Kogelo, where Barack Obama's half brother, Malik Obama said that everyone was "extremely happy and excited" about the upcoming election. Obama's father, also called Barack Hussein Obama, hailed from Kogelo, a village of dirt roads, tin-roofed huts and maize fields in western Kenya. Like many Kenyan immigrants, he came to the US to study after winning a scholarship to the University of Hawaii. There, he met and married Obama's mother, whose family was from Kansas. The two separated and Obama's father returned to Kenya, where he worked as a government economist until he died in a car crash in 1982. The younger Barack Obama was mostly raised by his mother and her parents and did not know his father well, but his presidential bid has sparked excitement in Kenya. His last visit in 2006 attracted thousands. A victory for Obama would mark a stunning rise for the 47-year-old Obama, who was little known nationally before being elected as a senator from Illinois four years ago. The idea of a first black US president was in the minds of many Kenyans on Monday. Several of the national papers had lead stories about the US elections. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
