Obama's extended Kenyan family hope for election victory, church service
(2 Nov 2008) 1. Wide exterior of Saint Richard Catholic Church 2. Close-up of church sign 3. Wide interior of church with congregation seated 4. Mid shot of women in church 5. Mid shot of children 6. Close-up of old woman 7. Group of women in church singing 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Vitalis Ogombe, Church Chairman: "It's everyday, today we really prayed here, that let God Almighty Father lead all, change the hearts so that we get the highest votes from Barack Obama to be an example among us from Africa to lead America." 9. People leaving church 10. SOUNDBITE (Luo) Leonara Odipo, vox pop: "We pray for him (Obama) so that he wins and goes ahead, may the Lord lead him." 11. Reverse shot of people leaving church 12. Set up shot of Malik Obama, Obama's half brother, walking with his daughter at his father's house 13. Wide of house 14. Wide of Obama's Kenyan family seated 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Malik Obama, half brother of Barack Obama: "We are very happy about what's going on, we are extremely positive and will look forward to after the fourth when we are celebrating the victory of my brother and of course the victory for all of us who are anxiously awaiting the results." 16. Cutaway of Malik Obama's daughter 17. Media cutaway 18. Street scene in village 19. Mid shot of sign reading: (English) "Senator Obama, Nyangoma Kogelo Primary School" STORYLINE The Kenyan family of US presidential candidate Barack Obama on Sunday said they were praying for his success in this week's US presidential elections. Obama's half brother, Malik Obama, said the family was very happy and "extremely positive" ahead of the November 4 polling date. Malik Obama said the family was looking forward to celebrating his brother's success. Meanwhile, churchgoers in the small village of Kogelo also expressed their support for Obama. The Chairman of Saint Richard Catholic Church said he was praying for Obama to become a shining example to Africa. Obama's father, also called Barack Hussein Obama, grew up in Kogelo and is buried there. Like many Kenyan immigrants, he came to the United States to study after winning a scholarship to the University of Hawaii. There, he met and married Obama's mother, whose family was from Kansas. In the US, the presidential campaigns entered their final frenzied weekend, with a confident Barack Obama promising to heal America's political divisions while Republican rival John McCain fought to hold on to Republican-leaning states and pledged to score an historic upset. Obama's apparent optimism is based on what looks like a solid lead in the polls. An Associated Press-Yahoo News national poll of likely voters put the first-term Illinois senator ahead, 51 to 43, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. 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...
