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World Service,3 mins

In Kenya, some had hoped for more from Obama

Boston Calling

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Barack Obama Sr was born in Kenya. That’s why many Kenyans think of his son, US President Barack Obama, as one of their own. Although Obama hasn’t lived up to everybody’s expectations, journalist Michael Kaloki still remembers the excitement, bordering on hysteria, that gripped the country eight years ago when he was first elected. (Image: A 'matatu' (mini-bus) in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images)

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