Yesterday I woke with the dawn (even a bit earlier) and travelled across Nairobi with collegue Bethany to attend the Ambassador's U.S. Presidential Election Party which started at 5am. This was to catch the election results live. Thousands joined in the celebrations at US Ambassador Michael Rannaberger's house. Red, white and blue colored the place as large screen TV's were in every corner bringing in the news as it happened. While waiting for the results non American's had the chance to vote in a mock election (over 400 voted for Obama and 17 for McCain). People were also able to ask political questions from experts. Meanwhile I munched on pasteries and fruit, sipped my hot morning drink and rubbed shoulders with a variety of people- most of which were pro Obama. 900 Kenyan school children were invited, as well as scores of Kenya's Ministers of Parliment and other national leaders. Here I am with Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. Of course there were also m...
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