Kenya declares holiday for Obama

11/5/2008 (entry by Emily Walz) - Mr. Kibunja, headmaster from Kambi Primary School, where I taught at in Kenya, called me yesterday to find out if Obama won (there is no such thing as internet in Naro Moru, and the newspapers they get are usually old ones they accuire from a few days ago from someone who has been to town), I called him back today and he is saying that Kenyans are very excited about our election results (can you imagine!?!?!). He proceeded to tell me that he went to school with Obama's father, not sure if I believe that one- every Kenyan will tell you they are related to/connected to Obama in some way. But additionally, he told me that there is no school tomorrow in Kenya because they are declaring it a national public holiday for Obama. I went online to see for myself if this was really official, and sure enough:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7710394.stm

Be sure to check out the links on the right hand side too! I particularly like the one about "Obama, The Musical" (McCain is the villain, naturally), and the one about the beer that they named after him. I think this is almost as exciting for Kenyans as it is for us...or maybe I should have said that vise versa :)